How paint base coats affect final color

This Terry's Model Rod Shop video goes into the basic of how the base coat of paint effects the final color topcoat.
This is especially true with candy's (transparent tinted paint) but it also holds true with regular colors as well,(example such as bright yellow will be a darker mustard color if you use a darker base coat)
In this video i show some spoons i painted with different base colors, primer gray, white, silver, gold and dark cherry red metallic which i then top coated with dupli-color metal cast red (which is basically a transparent red)and you will see the difference in the final color by which base color i used!
Also as a bonus i show a few models which were painted with a gold base and topped with a transparent brown used for flowers.
The 37 ford was built by my wife and painted with 10 or so coats of brown to give it a nice candy root beer color, i built the hearse and used the same brown but only applied 3 or 4 coats and it gives it a nice warm wood look!
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[@tinykhami179]

Short and to the point!! Love it!

[@JayCoh47]

THANK YOU. I just repainted the front bumper of my car and used a grey primer/sealer (like the last spoon option) underneath my top base coat of Venetian red (metallic). I ended up not being able to blend it to the quarter panels because the bumper was slightly darker than the rest of the car... Now I know why!! Very helpful, thanks

[@drecarmods]

Thanks for doing this! Super helpful to see the difference with base coats. Exactly what I was looking for before I use metalcast

[@imayhaveadhd]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@terryborchers2234]

thanks

[@UmeshJoshi333]

Good idea with the spoons

[@chucksnotaylor77]

Great video I’ve been searching for how it looks over white

[@happydays454]

Nice job bro

[@marciaz31]

I built that Hurst model car back in the 60s .... ;-)

[@terryborchers2234]

Kool

[@barrylafratta5720]

GREAT IDEA

[@clairesmelody]

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[@OptimalMario]

Which one looks better gold underbase or silver?

[@c10zane]

Thank you for the video! I want to paint my car Tamco "Dirtbag Brown" but will bring my car to bare metal but don't know which base coat color I want...am thinking red

[@terryborchers2234]

I have no idea what base color to use cuz I don't know what dirtbag Brown is for one and for two I would just use to to the spoon test like I did in my video till you get the color you like

[@aaronfuksa2047]

Said thing is I heard you shouldn't put lacquer solvent paint over other acylic enamel spray paints? I have a gallon of acylic white as a base also.
I think you can put some spray paint (krylon maybe) over the lacquer paint, but not the other way around.

[@johnstewman67]

Thats some good advice

[@terryborchers2234]

Thank you that's why I make these videos to help people

[@njoeandjen]

Hi Terry 1992 mercedes 500sl crimson red i painted over a black primer and color looks a little more orange red compared to color on car should i go over a grey primer instead thanks!

[@terryborchers2234]

i would recommend the spoon test, paint it over gold, silver, and gray and see which one you like best

[@thebonnevilleof5933]

May I ask which gold paint you used for the base coat on the middle spoon?

[@terryborchers2234]

Just at gold laquer

[@AlWheelin]

That's a good idea. Interesting how base coat affects top coat for different tones.

[@terryborchers2234]

thanks, it works on all kinds of paint not just candy's i learned the hard way LOL!

[@fernandomiranda7916]

I'm a customizer and I usually paint action figures. But I used acrylic paints, not spray paints. So I'm wondering if it will affect the plastic different. Thx

[@terryborchers2234]

I have no idea, the only thing i can tell you is test it

[@roberthall3751]

@@terryborchers2234 Mr Borchers , I want to use a Aztek Gold Pearl as a base coat , Trying to achieve something close to a candy apple red..Am I going in the right direction ?? Any help is greatly appreciated..Thank you in advance

[@terryborchers2234]

@@roberthall3751 I have used gold under transparent red for a candy lookmy advice to you is get some plastic spoons and spray the paint starting with the primer that you're going to use to see what it looks like because pagan gold might have too much of something in it that makes the red look orange or who knows so test test test

[@roberthall3751]

@@terryborchers2234 Thank you sir..Im new to this, just got airbrush compressor Monday, and , Really, Im afraid to make a mess of it ..

[@terryborchers2234]

@@roberthall3751 don't be afraid to just learnthe way I look at it as just paint strip it off and start over if you screw up just take your time and learn something new as you go

[@Brady6xPats]

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