base coat
Example Sentences
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We used a base coat of highlighter pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
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
Modern technology uses a base coat, which carries all the pigments, and a clear coat, which adds a deeply glossy layer on top.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2011
We paint a white base coat in silence, and when it’s almost dry, something cool splats against my cheek.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
