Well, actually yes. I ran into that term when trying to come up with
a special "platinum" edition of a product my company made. This was
powder not liquiid coating and if it contained "leafing" aluminum it
absolutely has to be clear coated after the initial coat is on. We
found that out the hard way. Normal automotive metallic coatings are
not of the "leafing" type and can be enhanced by clear coat but it is
not an absolute necessity.

Frank

On 16 Jul 2005 02:44:43 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

>Dick <LeadWinger> wrote in
>news:18ogd1dvi1pc7be2gq21gv9agecgileipl@4ax.com :
>
>> On 16 Jul 2005 01:18:17 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>
>>>Dick <LeadWinger> wrote in
>>>news:7jkgd1t2ikjsuktjub6nghgl4d5unc84ou@4ax.com :
>>>
>>>> We had some body work done on our 2003 Accord, and they did a poor
>>>> job of matching the colors between the hood and fenders. When I
>>>> pointed it out to the estimator, he said they must have used (too
>>>> much or too little) of the metallic particles. Causes the paint to
>>>> reflect light differently, and gives the effect of two, different
>>>> colors. He had a term for it. Duffing or something strange like
>>>> that. Anyone know what it was?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>AFAIK, they're just called "aluminum flake", or "mica".
>>
>> How about "Leafing?" I found that term on the Internet.
>>
>
>
>Um, no.