Custom Paint & Airbrush With Alpha Pearls
Ready to spray 4 oz airbrush paint for helmets, tanks, lures and models, plus dry pearls to mix into a clear intercoat for your own custom colors.
Ready To Spray Airbrush Paint
Our custom colors in a 4 oz size, mixed and ready to spray. No measuring, no mixing.
What Works Best
How a pearl paint job goes together, from our mixing guide, our product pages and the projects on our blog.
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Pearl Goes In The Midcoat
Spray your base color first, then mix the pearl into a clear intercoat such as Pearl & Candy Carrier and spray it over the base. Clear coat goes on last.
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A Black Base For The Strongest Effect
Our product pages recommend a black base for colorshift and holographic pearls.
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Diamond And Solid Pearls For Airbrush Work
Airbrushed fishing plug projects on our blog used Diamond and solid pearls.
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Pick The Pearl Line For The Effect
Our mixing guide lists a different amount for each pearl line, from SuperFlake at the low end to colorshift at the high end. Spray a test panel before the real thing.
How Much Pearl Per Gallon
Our mixing guide lists grams of pearl per sprayable gallon of intercoat clear or airbrush paint.
- Solid pearls
- 50 grams per sprayable gallon
- Colorshift pearls
- 75 grams per sprayable gallon
- Super colorshift pearls
- 25 to 37.5 grams per sprayable gallon
- Subtleshift pearls
- 75 grams per sprayable gallon
- Holographic pearls
- 15 to 25 grams per sprayable gallon
- Superflake pearls
- 10 to 15 grams per sprayable gallon
- Diamond pearls
- 15 to 45 grams per sprayable gallon
These figures come from our pearl mixing guide. Mix the pearl into the intercoat clear, not your base color, and spray a test panel first.
Painting Something Bigger? Get Every Layer At The Spray Source
Alpha sells the pearls and the 4 oz airbrush paint. Our sister store, The Spray Source, carries the rest of a pearl paint job, including our custom colors already mixed as midcoats.
- Step 1 Black Base CoatVoid Black basecoat (or Base Black in a spray can) under the pearl for the strongest effect.At The Spray Source (opens in a new tab)
- Step 2 Pearl & Candy CarrierThe clear intercoat you mix our pearls into and spray over the base.At The Spray Source (opens in a new tab)
- Step 3 2K Clear CoatHS Glamour clear in a spray can for gloss and protection on top.At The Spray Source (opens in a new tab)
Custom Paint & Airbrush Questions
How much pearl do I add to intercoat clear?
Our mixing guide lists grams per sprayable gallon by pearl line: solid 50, colorshift 75, super colorshift 25 to 37.5, subtleshift 75, holographic 15 to 25, SuperFlake 10 to 15 and Diamond 15 to 45. Mix it into the intercoat clear, not the base color, and spray a test panel first.
Does the base color matter?
Yes. Our product pages recommend a black base for the strongest effect with colorshift and holographic pearls. Test on a scrap piece first.
Do you sell base coat and clear coat?
We carry ready to spray airbrush paint in 4 oz. Black base coat, Pearl & Candy Carrier intercoat, clear coat and our custom colors already mixed as midcoats are at our sister store, The Spray Source.
What sizes do the pigments come in?
Most pearls come in 5 gram and 25 gram sizes, and some colors also come in smaller sample sizes. Sizes vary by color, so check the size options on each product page.
Pick Your Pearls
Build your own sample pack of pearls, or start with a variety pack and spray a few test panels.