How To Custom Paint: Crystal EFX, part 1

In the first video of this series, I am showing a few custom painting tricks that Ive learned over the years, beginning with Crystal EFX

this is a demo panel. read your product TDS's for specific applications

Tricks for those who are just starting out and wanting to learn something cool that they can do. Painting is fun and I wish I knew some of these when I first got going. Many of us have lost that feeling of learning new tricks like we used to when we were first starting out and being able to build on those skills.

Obviously, spraying clear with a paint gun is ideal and will give more build and thus flatter results on final product. The aerosol doesnt create nearly the overspray that a gun does and this is a demo piece.

Products in this video:

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This video is for demonstration purposes only.

[gregshore]

Good technique with the clear coat..working from a distance and then towards you. Never thought of that before so now it's will try it and see if I have better results and no runs.

[thistledewoutdoors]

ALSA corp was the Bees You can manipulate the directional flow of the crystals by creating a path for things to follow via use of waters/non harsh chemicals & the spray technique used for application by depositing heavier or lighter effx in certain

[MattWalter]

man i'm lovin' it. there was some Stacey David coming out there even :D

[brianvasquez]

Hey bud what is the Brand of gun you are using. It has a digital air regulator on the back of the gun.

[rustygood]

I tried the fx crystalizer 7 times with poor success but they told me to soak a rag and wipe it on. Now i used Dna mutant crystals once few years back and dna mutant crystals was super easy and had great success with it and their crystals look way better

[jessewoolard]

DEF fluid, poke it, let it dry. It etches the paint. Wash then spray black and wipe off. Clear. Done

[chrispula]

Just found your channel and have been binge watching a bunch of your videos and noticed the banner behind you in this video that said clearance N.Y and was wondering where you are located.

[samuelfrodge]

I wonder what this project would look like if you did a light very light dusting of small flake

[kodaohasi]

How do you get small crystals in the painting?

[danielsong]

Should I spray crystal effect on silver right away?... or after dried ???

[buckpendergrass]

I checked out tropical glitz they said they didn't have the crystals

[reloadnorth]

Hello. I am a little late to this party, but, can D.E.F. (diesel exhaust fluid) be used to create the crystal effect? Thankyou. Great video.

[joshsmith]

That looks awesome, I always love the crystal effect under candy! One question though, what is the dry time on the black paint before you knock it off? I've watched many videos on how to do crystal effects and nobody includes that in their tutorial.