Posted for "C Krouse" <kc16@qwest.net>:
 I just had a motorcycle painted with a flame pattern that  consisted of
 "Harlequin" paint.  The paint is made with a laser which cuts  a material
 into small prisms to refract the light.  It cost $60 an  ounce....OUCH!!
 But, it was reduced with another material in order to stretch  it's coverage.
 It looks very similar to the paint that I saw on the Lancair  Legacy
 prototype.  I have it on a black background whereas the  Legacy has it on an
 off-white background.  If they were both the same background,  I don't think
 I would be able to discern which is which.  If I have it  painted again I
 think that I would reduce it even more to see if the density  of the prisms
 could be decreased.  I think that would make a really nice  effect to have it
 ghosted over the base coat.  The flame pattern on my bike is  ghosted, but I
 think that I would thin it even more on a white or light  background.
 
 Curtis Krouse N753K  (it's a career)