PewPreview Guides Four ways to see a custom finish before it is sprayed
Four ways to see a custom finish before it is sprayed
A coating is hard to undo, so most people want to see it first. There are four usual ways to do that, and each shows you something different.
| Way | What you see | Time and cost | Where it falls short |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI preview (PewPreview) | Your own part, from your own photo, in the color or pattern you picked | Seconds. The first three are free | It is a picture, not a coating: it can miss small parts, and a screen is never the real color |
| Photo-editing mockup | Your part, recolored by hand | As long as the editor takes, or an artist's fee | Needs skill to look real, and every change of mind is more work |
| A shop's past work | The real coating, in real light, on someone else's part | Free, if the shop has done that color | Only shows what has been done, and rarely your part |
| Color chip or sample | The true color on a flat coupon | Free to a few dollars, and a visit to the shop | Small and flat, so it says little about how the whole part will look |
Which one to use
Use them in order. A preview is the quick way to rule things out: try ten colors in a few minutes and keep the two you like. Then see those two in real life, on a chip or on a part the shop has sprayed, before you sign off. The preview narrows the choice, and the real sample settles it.
What a shop gets from it
A customer who arrives with a picture has already decided, and a shop no longer has to describe a color in words. Shops can put the same studio on their own website, so each preview arrives as a lead with the full build.