base coat
Example Sentences
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The ‘60s-era “Street Freak” paint job, consisting of a silver micro-flake base coat covered in House of Kolor “oriental blue kandy,” is sure to look stunning under sunlight.
From The Verge • Aug. 9, 2021
Her stones were of varying shapes and sizes, none of them larger than a fist, and she made a bronze cast of each one and covered that with a base coat of automobile body paint.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019
Obviously it's a lot easier when people are paying attention, when you have that base coat of knowledge, which I think you have a lot more during an election year.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2015
These effect paints are applied over the pigmented base coat, and below the glossy clear coat.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2011
Year after year she arrived at the beach with a base coat that the rest of us could only dream of achieving as our final product.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
