Crystal Mess
A self-activated crystallized paint mask that works over a cleared surface that has been thoroughly sanded. The ease of application and product uniqueness are due to the chemical makeup.
You can create a plethora of small, closely woven crystals by force drying or you can create larger crystals by air drying. A perfect complement to any of our other base coats or specialty additives. Combine Crystal Mess with any Cande for an unmatched vibrancy.
With this you also have the ability to determine the appearance or properties of your final pattern based on your application methods for example:
- Intricate Swirled Patterns
Achieve this look of a really tight “swirled” crystal pattern by “scuffing” your intercoat or clearcoat in a “swirling” motion.
- Web Patterns
Achieve this look by “scuffing” your intercoat or clear coat in an X pattern.
- Straight Patterns
Achieve this look by “scuffing” your intercept or clear coat in a straight line motion.
You can create a plethora of small, closely woven crystals by force drying or you can create larger crystals by air drying.
Crystal Mess is a crystallized paint mask, perfect complement to any basecoats or specialty additives. Combine with any of candy concentrates for an unmatched vibrancy. With this you also have the ability to determine the appearance or properties of your final pattern based on your application methods.
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How To (Application Guide):
- Prep and paint the surface with your choice of single stage or 2 stage (Base-Clear) paint.
- Let the primary clear cure according to the manufacturer’s instructions and sand it with 400-600 grit wet/dry sand paper.
- Wash with soap and water and let it air dry.
- Can be applied by pouring or spraying the solution onto the surface.
- Allow to air dry or force dry for smaller more tightly woven crystal effect.
- Now apply your contrasting color (the color that will be shown through the spaces in the crystals). Apply this coat in a light dusting action. (over reduce the paint a little more than normal.) Allow this layer to fully dry.
- Scrub off the crystals with water & a grey scotchbrite. This will leave you with very pronounced crystal design. Allow any excess water to dry.
- Apply any high quality topcoats.
- *** Dry times at 77ºF
STEVE DONOVAN (verified buyer) –
Fast shipping. Great to deal with.
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jason beenken (verified buyer) –
super simple to use. phenomenal shipping
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Daniel (verified buyer) –
Good quality and I’m all about the small independent companies! More should buy from them! Great products! I just painted my guitar, sea glass green base crystal mess the. Black. I used your hallucination pearl. Turned my black a metallic forest kind of green. Love it!
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Joseph (verified buyer) –
Ok product, didn’t perform as well as I thought it would!
Kevin Wirtshafter (verified buyer) –
Love this stuff. I’m the lead painter for a well known baseball bat manufacturer. I’ve been looking for ways to expand our market. Crystal Mess is an instant hit when anyone sees the effect it creates.
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Jeff yorke (verified buyer) –
Very cool product and simple to use…
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eric gilnack (verified buyer) –
makes awesome designs
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Lenny Scarola (verified buyer) –
Great quality, realistic price points and overall fantastic products.
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Shane Jeffrey (verified buyer) –
Products are amazing. I would like to be able to track my package a little better. Other wise all around great people to work with. The candy always help too.
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Aaron Ledford (verified buyer) –
I can’t for the life of me get this stuff to work correctly. I bought 2 bottles to experiment with one. I ran through the first bottle on about 10 experiments just to get it to crystallize. No matter how clean, or how many types of freshly painted / sanded substrates. Following directions to a Tee. I even shook the material for 5 minutes as recommended.
Any suggestions? I feel like I’m failing some school of thought. Side note… I have 25 years of commercial, residential, Industrial and sign painting experience, point being that I’m not a new hand in the paint world when it comes to prep.
Carl Anderson (store manager) –
There shouldn’t be any reason it doesn’t work if you followed the TDS sheet that is included in each purchase. The most common causes of failure is from people not allowing the material to completely dry before applying a base coat on top. If you aren’t allowing Crystal Mess to completely dry before applying a top coat, then it will result in water drops.
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