What is a Red Thermochromic Paint Pigment – Heat Changing Paint?
It is a powder that dissolves COMPLETELY in paint to give a true kandy colored transparent paint. kandy paints originally got their names from rock kandy. It has color, but you can see right through it. It has been a staple of custom paint for years, but now we can help you make your own without a bunch of paint shipping and extra storage.
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This 25-gram bag of Red Thermochromic Paint powder is a great pigment for custom paint! It is called thermochromic pigment or Heat Changing Paint. You can now create dazzling effects that change color when the temperature of the item changes. This Red Thermochromic Paint is being used in everything from toys to choppers to home interiors. Many are experimenting with it to create the ultimate home-efficient roofing because it could literally change from black to white when the temperature was hot. Mix into any clear base coat (like a binder or color blender), and spray over your desired graphics or base coat color. See our article, How To Mix custom Paint. As mentioned in our article about temperature change paint, this product requires a great deal of UV protection in order to create a lasting effect in outdoor environments. We recommend Wet Wet Plus clear or another highly UV protective clear for outdoor or exterior use. Because this paint is dependent on UV protection, we offer no warranty on its longevity since that depends on how you top coat it. Tip: using this Red Thermochromic paint underneath Illusion Pearls ® or Kolorshift Pearls ® will help increase its tolerance to UV rays as well, as pearls are made with titanium oxide, a principal ingredient in sunscreen protectants.
Thermochromics change color dramatically (even from black to white) as the temperature changes. Ours are set to change at 86 degrees F. This Red Thermochromic Paint pigment can be used in everything from custom paint to clothing. Use in your own testing for a custom application!
Did you know magicians use thermochromic pigments in magic tricks? This Non-toxic RED Thermochromic pigment can also be used to make disappearing blood! Mix with liquid latex to make wounds that appear magically in cold air!
Thermochromic paints change as the temperature changes. As the temperature goes up, the pigment becomes colorless, revealing the base coat or graphics underneath. The helmet shown was a white base with a black temperature-sensitive paint sprayed over it. The following video has caused a huge increase in our product sales for thermochromic pigments. What you are looking at is BLACK THERMOCHROMIC OVER an orange base. The second video (right) shows how body heat can affect thermochromics in an amusing way… See Above Videos.
Mix these pigments with our pearls for a subtle and more protected paint job. See the yellow to orange mouse shown below. Just mix into a clear base (like a blender or a binder) and spray it. 1 25-gram bag per sprayable pint will get you great temperature or solar change paint at a great price. NOTE: The Thermochromic paints (Temperature change) have a LOW UV TOLERANCE without proper protection, so for exterior paint, use a clear coat like Wet Wet Plus clear or Dupont’s hc7776. No warranty can be given, as this is a known issue and what you topcoat it with will determine its longevity. Although we do not recommend it, in one video above our customer was able to get it to work in powder coatings.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PROLONGED OUTDOOR USE.
We recommend starting with 1 25-gram bag per quart of sprayable clear paint/binder. This product is best mixed 1 25-gram bag into a pint of reducer and should be allowed to sit for 24 hours before mixing with one pint of clear paint to make a sprayable quart of material. This goes best into an oil or solvent-based clear.
All of our kandy Pearls are compatible with vehicle dip, and we were the first to supply dip companies with pigments. We were the pioneers who introduced Plasti Dip Pearls to the world. For years we have been selling metallic paint pigments, pearl pigment, kandy paint, and Temperature Changing Paint for your custom paint jobs. Shop with us…the leader in Paint Pigment and Pearl Pigments Since 2005
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