Does anyone know how many stages this paint consist of..

35J - STORMY BLUE MICA


Thanks in advance

 

I'm also interested with this one, anyone?

 

probably 3, mica blues are usually candies.

 

Candies? Usually? Seriously? Remind me never to take my car to you for a repaint. You are COMPLETELY WRONG.

What manufacturer does OEM paint jobs that are candies?

3 stage pearl jobs? Yes

3 stage candies? NO NO NO

EDIT: RX7guy that color is a basic base/clear.

HERE: Mazda Stormy Blue Pearl/Mica B/C - ExpressPaint

 

"Remind me never to take my car to you for a repaint"
dont come to me for a repaint, i reminded you, i'm only going by motorcycles, factory mica's on bikes are candies, i only know because i just went through this with a suzuki i repainted, thats why suzuki gets so much for replacement plastics, because its factory candy paint, i dont really care anyway lol, thats why i dont paint much, cuz i hate it! and i wont do anything that isnt factory either, i only do 2 stage work.


and to answer your question, that color is a 2 stage, the base has the pearles in it already, then straight clearcoat ontop. accourding to mazda anyway.

 

I don't know which Suzuki you just repainted but their blues are pearls not candies. Even then the pearls are in the base and are not three stage jobs.

 

it was a 2004 katana mica blue and finish master looked it up and told me it was a 3 stage candy paint, they gave me the price on it, and i told them to stuff it, i repainted the bike with viper blue, it was almost a dead match and saved the guy over 400 bucks in paint. but regardless, thats why i do more bodywork then painting, i stick to easy 2 stage paint.

 

i did a 04 hayabusa and i just had refinishline camera shoot it it same out as a subaru color but a dead on match and it was a base/ clear oh ya and i used standox base and damn that ish makes coverage

 

Thanks guys...so basically the pearl is in the base coat. I thought all pearls were midcoats... Learn something new today..

 

alot of newer paints have pearles right in the base, others use mid coats, and you can even spray a base and mix pearl right into the clear and shoot over the base. i repainted a honda rc-51 that was black, resprayed it black, then mixed a little royal violet pearl into the clear and shot over the black. gave it multiple looks at all angles.
here it looks black:

here you can see the purples, reds and blues. different looking.