Ripthorn
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Let me state off the bat that I am not talking about gold tops
. I did one of those last year and it worked great. However, what I am interested in achieving this go round is a frost blue metallic (or ice blue metallic), as seen below. It is a metallic pale blue. I have some silver pearl powder on hand, so I mixed up some white mixol into sealer along with a few drops of blue and a generous helping of the silver pearl powder. However, it didn't really have any metallic effect to it after spraying it. Would I be better off shooting the pale blue and then the silver pearl suspended in clear over the top?
Or is there a better way to do your own opaque metallic finish? I am looking for a nice, noticeable, but not in-your-face, metallic effect. What products do you use? What techniques? Any pictures? This would be my first home brewed metallic finish, though I have done a couple off the shelf metallic finishes before, so any help is appreciated.

Or is there a better way to do your own opaque metallic finish? I am looking for a nice, noticeable, but not in-your-face, metallic effect. What products do you use? What techniques? Any pictures? This would be my first home brewed metallic finish, though I have done a couple off the shelf metallic finishes before, so any help is appreciated.