Question on Summit paint and "drop coat"

[old_blue]

I was reading they require 2-3 medium wet coats and then a drop coat? what is a drop coat? I am not a painter so this is new to me. I always thought 2-3 light coats of base and then 2 coats of clear. Maybe it is just the quality of the paint?? I'll probably stick with Nason but was checking out what summit had to offer.

 

[ttopstang]

It might be like a "dust" coat. Usually you do that with metallics to even everything out so it wont show a pattern.

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

What he said ^ Basically you back the gun back a bit and speed up. This ensures the correct metallic lie.

 

[188slo50]

Also called Fogging sometimes.

 

[old_blue]

ahhhh so it has to do with the paint being metallic. Thanks for the answers