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Blue Crystal Pearl on Truck from a few feet away. Prepping your existing paint is important when you are learning how to kustom paint.

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How to kustom Paint over Existing Paint

Posted on December 1, 2015 at 12:07 pm by matt / 6 Comments

How to kustom paint over existing paint. Prepping your existing paint job. The “Scuff and Shoot” kustom paint job: This article tells you basically what you need to do if your paint is already in good condition, but you want to add a special effect pigment kustom paint over existing paint. Since prepping your existing… Read More

The top 5 reasons to use pigments instead of paints.

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Top 5 Reasons to Use Pigments Instead of Paints

Posted on November 30, 2015 at 4:45 pm by matt

Top 5 Reasons to Use Pigments Instead of Paints With so many years of experience in the world of paint with pearl pigments and many other pigments, this is something you should know. One may ask, “How do I use Pigments instead of Paints? Can I make my own kustom paint colors?” Well, that’s easy.… Read More

You can mix our pearls with your favorite cosmetics mediums to create amazing theatrical makeup effects!

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Using Pearls and Candies In Theatrical Makeup and Costume Design

Posted on October 3, 2015 at 11:58 am by matt

Theatrical Makeup, Costume Design, and Monster Makeup. Make your own cosmetics, finally! Did you know that our Illusion Pearls, Kolor Pearls, Kolorshift Pearls s, and Metal Flakes are non-toxic and can be used in theatrical makeup and even costume design? DIY Cosmetics at their finest. Kolor Pearls and Kolorshift Pearls s make great colorants when… Read More

Glow in the Dark paint pigments. Green glows green pigment for paint and other coatings.

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Glow in The Dark Paint Pigment- Luminescent Pigments

Posted on May 27, 2015 at 12:59 am by matt

Glow in The Dark Paint Pigment – Luminescent Paint pigments We have may glow in the dark pigments. The most expensive by far, is the white to white glow. This one glows white for hours and is the perfect kustom paint job for a white vehicle, or white graphics. It tends to glow for several… Read More

Purple kandy Pile mix your own kustom paint

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How to Mix Your Own kustom Paint

Posted on May 24, 2015 at 12:04 pm by matt

Short Video on How Simple it is to Mix your Own kustom Paint DIY kustom Paint video We are very proud of our line of products, and we decided to give more of an in-depth description of how to mix them into your paints, as many people have expressed a little bit of fear when it… Read More

John Haro's handprint on his thermochromic pigment painted motorcycle tank. Temperature changing chameleon!.

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First to Bring Thermochromic Pigment to the Public

Posted on May 6, 2015 at 11:29 am by Lyndi Donley

Paint With Pearl – The First to sell Thermochromic Pigments to the public. It’s the paint that changes color with the temperature! The first videos on Youtube of thermochromic came from Paint With Pearl. Since then we have accumulated some copy cat businesses selling similar products. We sell the highest quality at the best prices. We have more… Read More

Using Our Pearls on Shoe Leather for a truly unique effect. Our Pearls can be used in both Paints and Polishes.

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Pearl Leather Paint on Shoes and Other Leathers

Posted on May 4, 2015 at 11:01 am by matt

A video posted by K_o Brand by Kickasso (@k_o.brand_kickasso) on May 2, 2015 at 2:01pm PDT Pearl Leather Paint Many people are discovering the amazing diversity of our pearls. A new fad that seems to be taking hold is the use of pearls in leather paint on shoes and other leather items, such as jackets… Read More

Gold Ghost Pearl over a kustom red Chevy

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kustom Paint Color Theory – kustom paint jobs – Pearl paint – kandy Paint

Posted on April 27, 2015 at 1:21 am by matt

kustom Paint Jobs with our products. When kustom Paint jobs look their best, is when people understand more about what makes them professional, and what makes a kustom paint job look amateur. A good thing to remember is using warm tones with cool tones can often turn out bad. A few years ago, one of… Read More

Abalone Shell - Mother of Pearl Effect created on Slate with Illusion Pearls.

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Create Mother of Pearl Tile or Concrete Effects with Sealer

Posted on April 27, 2015 at 1:01 am by matt

As we have discovered through our kustomers, our Illusion Pearls , metal flakes and candies work incredibly well as a way to make special effects concrete and tile flooring or countertops. We have also discovered that the main company selling pearl additives for concrete effect sealer is charging $90.00 for a 4 ounce quantity. That… Read More

Bronze Copper Kolor Pearls over tan base latex used in Faux Finish Glaze.

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Faux Finish Tips- Use in Glaze or in Polyurethane

Posted on April 27, 2015 at 12:20 am by matt

kandy and Ghost Pearl powders are great for creating incredible interior decorating FAUX FINISH effects in your home or business. Bronze Copper Used in Faux Finish Glaze and Sponged on Wall. TIP#1: Faux finish glaze with Ghost Pearl or kandy powdered pearl pigments is super-hot right now. It is achieved by mixing pigment into clear glaze… Read More

Sideways AutoSalon and Cindy Raschke make this awesome Subaru.

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About Our Cover Car | Cindy Raschke – Sideways AutoSalon

Posted on April 27, 2015 at 12:08 am by matt

We love using yall’s stuff, and are doing some Japanese dragon artwork using the new lime green pearl and bright yellow metallic kandy pearl to highlight the brushwork. Well check this out :) This car has electric blue kandy pearl in the blue side of the car base coat, Bronze copper kandy tint pigment in… Read More

Blue Green Purple Chameleon Alpha

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Automotive paint – Make your own Auto Paint

Posted on April 26, 2015 at 11:56 pm by matt

Although many people use our products for a wide variety of things, from painting fishing lures, carnival rides, kustom concrete sealers, and even hotel lobbies and home interiors-our main concentration is automotive paint. Our love of cars and quality automotive kustom paint jobs has lead us initially to open this business. Our disappointment at the… Read More

Heat Reactive Black Thermochromic Paint changes with body heat!

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Thermochromic Paint – Temperature Change Pigments

Posted on April 26, 2015 at 11:43 pm by matt

Thermochromic paints are paints that change color at a given temperature. Although there are color change paints for a wide array of temperatures, we have decided to start our inventory off with those that change at 30 Degrees C, or at 86 Degrees F. They are very effective at changing to a clear as the… Read More

Red Ghost Pearl on Blue Chevy Fender

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kustom Paint made easy | How do we define kustom Paint

Posted on April 26, 2015 at 11:22 pm by matt

kustom Paint made easy | How do we define kustom Paint kustom paint can be defined in many ways. In the simplest, most easily definable way, it is one-of-a-kind paint that is different than anyone else’s paint. That can be the same for cars, buildings, interiors, or toys and knick-knacks. It is a way of… Read More

Strato Blue Metal Flake Buggy

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Metal Flake – Metallic Flakes

Posted on April 16, 2015 at 10:14 am by matt

Metal Flake – Metallic Flakes Classically, metal flake paint is a staple in the kustom painting world. The problem has always been the tons of extra work involved when painting with standard sized flakes. In most of the older flake jobs, the amount of extra knockdown and sanding involved with doing the overall paint job… Read More

John Haro's handprint on his thermochromic pigment painted motorcycle tank. Temperature changing chameleon!.

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Using Thermochromic in Magic Tricks

Posted on April 14, 2015 at 5:23 pm by Lyndi Donley

Many magicians use Thermochromic in Magic Tricks! Yes, it is true! You have seen magicians rub cards to make them change suit, you have seen them blow fire on walls to make writing on walls change! There are countless uses for Thermochromic in Magic tricks, and most audiences will be baffled. We should know, we… Read More

kustom Super Bike Painted with our 4739OR. This is our Gold Orange Red Chameleon. Kolorshift Pearls s that creates a Kolorshifting paint.

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Kolorshift Pearls ® – Our own Kolorshift paint

Posted on April 6, 2015 at 10:50 pm by matt

Our Kolorshift Pearls ® Kolorshift paint has been gaining quite a bit of popularity, due to the great pricing and the cool colors that we have available. The Kolorshift Pearls ® are a Kolorshifting paint with angle and light, with usually several different colors involved with the shift. The older Kolorshift Pearls ® were made by… Read More

Forest Green Kolor Pearls

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Kolor Pearls Metallic Color Pearl kustom Paint

Posted on April 6, 2015 at 10:34 pm by matt

Our definition of Kolor Pearls ® Paint as compared to our other kustom paints…At Paint With Pearl, we pride ourselves on the quality of our Kolor Pearls ® pigments. These are quality metallic Iron Mica colored pigments known as Kolor Pearls ® that have a good deal of their own iridescence built right in. The… Read More

green shimmer ghost pearl

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Illusion Pearls ® painting and kustom Paint

Posted on April 6, 2015 at 10:17 pm by matt

Illusion Pearls are made from transparent Mica Particles (like glass) that reflect one color, while letting you see the color underneath. In shade, they have no reflectivity, but in sun, they can have a wide array of different reflective properties. Creating Ghost Pearl paint is as easy as doing any other type of paint, with… Read More

Thermochromic vehicle dip Sprayed by Royal Dip.

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Thermochromic vehicle dip – Yes it Can Be Done!

Posted on March 30, 2015 at 10:53 am by Lyndi Donley

We sometimes get questions about Thermochromic in vehicle dip and does it work? Here is a video of a test dome by Royal Dip. Their Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Dip/167421640078755 . We at Paint With Pearl appreciate all of our kustomers who take the time to send us pictures and feedback on all of our… Read More

Audi Dipped in Hydro Transfer using Blue Ghost, Violet Ghost, Electric Blue, Black gunmetal. All this using vehicle dip Pearls from Paint with Pearl.

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First in vehicle dip Pearls

Posted on March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am by Lyndi Donley

First in vehicle dip Pearls Yes, it is true that we introduced pearls and pigments to the dip community. It has been a pleasure to see what people have done with our amazing products in the last couple of years. But make no mistake, when it comes to vehicle dip Pearls, and pearls for any… Read More

Mini Pro Painter Pack 25 includes all types of Pearl Pigments and flakes.

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Leader in Paint and Pearl Pigments Since 2005

Posted on February 20, 2015 at 3:22 pm by matt

Pearl Pigments and how we discovered the stuff that just works in everything. In the past 10 years, we at Paint With Pearl have learned quite a lot about pearl pigments and metallic pigments, which we call Kolor Pearls ®, along with pioneering the whole DIY mixing of pearl pigments and other pigments into many… Read More

4739RG VW Painted By Eclipse Auto Salon with our Red Blue Green Kolorshift Pearls.

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Can our products work in vehicle dip?

Posted on June 2, 2014 at 10:55 pm by matt

Our Products have been used in vehicle dip since the beginning of vehicle dip. To be completely honest with any readers out there, the first car ever to be vehicle dipped with pearls was with our products. Secondly, the first chameleon vehicle dip was done with our colors. And actually, it was our video. But… Read More

Our gold orange red Kolorshift Pearls is one of or most popular colors. Also known as Sahara.

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Car Paint

Posted on June 1, 2013 at 8:29 pm by matt

Use Paint With Pearl along with your favorite brands of car paint, and save a lot of money. No one is limited to using strictly our Paint with Pearl brand when mixing kustom car paint. We love the quality of many paint brands out there, from PPG, House of Kolor, Dupont, BASF, All Kandy and… Read More

Paintball gun with 4739CS Gold Green Bronze Kolorshift Pearls powder coated on the surface.

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Powder Coater’s Corner

Posted on May 26, 2013 at 1:56 pm by matt

Powder Coater’s Corner You don’t have to be the world’s best powder coater to understand how to effectively use our products… You can effectively use our products best in powder coat clears, because they are effect pigment powders, and are best when used in a base coat-clear coat scenario. The mixture of our pearls in… Read More

Surfboard and Kayak Builders in Hawaii use Paint with Pearl

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Fiberglass Surfboard paint and Kayak paint

Posted on April 27, 2013 at 2:16 am by matt

Making great fiberglass surfboard paint colors and graphics can be a real chore. So many glassers and color experts get tired of the same old products for Fiberglass. So we took our pigments to the North Shore of Oahu to get opinions from the guys who make the best surfboards in the world. They thought… Read More

Tangerine Base with Gold Ghost Pearl Paint

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kustom Paint Ideas

Posted on February 26, 2013 at 3:50 am by matt

When kustom Paint jobs look their best, is when people understand more about what makes them kustom paint, and what makes a kustom paint job look amateur. A good thing to remember is using warm tones with cool tones can often turn out bad. A few years ago, one of the car companies made a… Read More

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