Ceres Megashift | Raail Spherical

Описание: I had a vision for my car but I ended up changing my mind half way through and boy am I glad I did. I want to thank David and David for coming out all the way from Arizona to see how our product works and get started themselves. You can check out their Instagram page here:   / az_autoairwraps  

I've had this Acid Green AirWrap on my personal car for about 3 months now and, if you know me, that's about 2 months too long. I was itching to change up the color. I had a color in my head and since this was my own car I was just going to wing it and not spray a sample before hand.

First up we have to take off the old wrap. AirWrap peels pretty easy especially when enough gallons are applied. Looking back I could have put 1 or 2 more coats on this one but still no problem peeling. I used a pressure washer to get in the cracks and crevices. A quick wash with water and Dawn dish soap and it was good to go.

We had 2 guys visiting from Arizona on Saturday, David and David, so I wanted to have the car all masked up and ready to spray when they got here. Masking is genuinely my favorite part. Its almost therapeutic working my way slowly around the car making sure ever tape line is perfect. This car was pretty straightforward although I did use J-Tape to pull back the rubber trim around the doors and create more of a gap. This lets the paint separate naturally instead of bridging.

I used the Wagner Pro 130 Airless sprayer to lay down about 2 gallons of black base. I seriously love this little thing. It saves so much time and the AHS (AirWrap High Solid) coating lays down so smooth.

Next up is the color. I saw this green with a gold hue on a BMW a while back and had an idea of how to do it in my head. I went with combination of Fir Green, Hunter Pearl, and some Ghost Green Sparkle. I then put Europa Megashift over it for a gold hue but that's when it all hit a brick wall. I hated it. It was no where near dark enough, the gold wasn't what I was looking for. I just wasn't feeling it. I started thinking of other colors to do right away.

I decided to do a complete 180 and spray a Purple Megashift called Ceres. I quickly covered the green with some more black basecoat and mixed up the pearl. I added a Violet Color Booster for some extra purple notes but also to help spray the pearl. This pearl is white in powder form and if you are not careful you can get stripes from spraying this pearl alone. Color Boosters help smooth out the coverage and avoid imperfections. I almost always use one when spraying now just because it is that much easier.

Once I was satisfied with the color coverage I switched guns for a 1.3 tip and put 2 medium/wet coats of gloss on top. At this point the car had close to 7 gallons on it which is definitely overkill but at least it should be easy to peel.

After the gloss dried I wasn't happy with the finish so I busted out the DA sander and some 800 grit paper and smoothed the whole car out for a nice final coat called a flow coat. I don't exactly have the best environment so achieving perfection is very difficult.

This color turned out even better than I imagined, though, and I will probably keep it on for a while. I love the dark almost black shift through purple to near orange at certain angles. David and David definitely learned a lot and were excited to get started back home.

As always, links to everything used are below and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Products

Starter Kit: https://drpigment.com/products/starte...

Wagner Pro 130: https://drpigment.com/products/wagner...

AHS Gallons: https://drpigment.com/products/ahs

Ceres Megashift: https://drpigment.com/products/ceres-...

Spherical Kit (untinted): https://drpigment.com/collections/unt...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - intro
4:45 - Peeling
5:52 - Choosing the color
7:30 - Masking
8:26 - David & David
9:47 - Basecoat
10:10 - Green
10:54 - I dont like it
14:39 - Spraying Purple
16:39 - I like it
20:16 - Flow Coat
21:16 - David & David
25:10 - Unmask
26:00 - Reveal
28:10 Bloopers