ADDING FLAKE OR PEARL TO FINAL COATS

OF ACRYLIC ENAMEL

        After finishing 2 or 3 coats of acrylic enamel (mixed with reducer and hardener properly) and you are satisfied that the vehicle is painted properly, then do the following:

Leave the remaining mixture of paint/reducer/hardener in the spray cup.

Properly mix clear with hardener, according to label directions.

Add pearl or flake to part of the clear mixture.  Stir thoroughly.  (Save enough clear mixture without pearl/flake for the final step, below.)

Add mixture of clear/hardener/pearl-flake into remaining paint/reducer/hardener mixture and apply two coats of this mix of mixtures...wet on wet, just as if it were the original paint.

Apply at least one more coat of plain clear/hardener over the top, wet on wet...so that you can buff the clear if necessary, without scratching the pearl/flake.

Wait at least 12 hours before buffing.