I will show you how to make gold spray paint look real. The trick to getting gold spray paint to look good is to use a white base color and get your clear coat correct. Spray painting gold is tricky, as with all shiny or metallic spray paint. Getting that super shiny gold effect is way easier than you would think. Gold spray paint can be tricky. The biggest problem with gold spray paint is that it ends up looking dull. The trick is the order in which you put your paint down. Spray paint gold needs to sit on top of white spray paint.