Is Honda's Crystal Pearl White a Metallic Paint?
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Honda's Crystal Pearl White is not a metallic paint. Additional information: Advantages of automotive paint: excellent film fullness, high gloss, high hardness, good adhesion, superior mechanical properties of the paint film, outstanding gloss retention, weather resistance, and abrasion resistance, as well as good resistance to acids, alkalis, alcohol, and gasoline. Classification of automotive paint: Automotive paint can be roughly divided into solid paint, metallic paint, and pearl paint. Solid paint is the most basic type, usually in white and red, with a pure overall color; metallic paint is based on solid paint with the addition of metal powders such as aluminum and copper, giving the paint a more textured appearance; pearl paint, on the other hand, is more dazzling, similar to metallic paint but with the addition of mica particles, making it radiant under sunlight.
When I bought the Accord, I struggled with the color choice. The salesperson said Crystal White is a plain non-metallic paint, not a metallic one. Metallic paint reflects light with a granular effect in sunlight, while Crystal White is a pure white tone with a particularly solid look, similar to the dense feel of snow. Actually, its painting process is quite meticulous, with special brightening agents added to the paint layer to make it exceptionally luminous, but it indeed lacks metal powder. The advantage is that touch-ups are cheaper and less likely to show color mismatch. When a friend scratched the rear bumper while reversing, it only cost 300 yuan to fix. If it were metallic paint, repairs would be more expensive and the touch-up marks would be more noticeable.
