I keep seeing all this "hupla" about candy paint jobs and it cought my "fancy" and was hoping that someone could kinda explain it to me and everyone eles. The best i can tell is you put a base color down like gold or silver or black and then the candy clean goes on witch is a differnt color like red or blue and the car is then candy red or blue and since the candy is clear and colored it gives it the candy effect, That or i'm a dummy, any way YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
the thing with kandy paint is exclusivity. it take alot of paint labor to do one and materials. i did one on my vert it took from about 7pm-2am in the morning to finish. the results are unusal. the foundation for any paint job is extremely important! the problem with kandy paint are they are transparent if u dont have a uniform sealer coat as a base then the kandy will not have a uniform look when u finish. the base can be lots of different color each one will change the final outcome of the job not two are eactly the same. for instance i did a meteror maroon base and i highlighted the bodylines with orion silver the bodylines have a different look that pops harder under the transparent kandy coat! the kandy can be sprayed with hok actual kandy paint or u can do it the way i did it with a kandy koncentrate add to the clear. if u stripe a kandy there really is no fixing it. i also added ice pearl from house of kolor to my clear form additional pop in the sun and even at night the picture dont really show the ice pearl i added. this kind of paint job is definitely for the inexperienced
fixt. candy paint is the hardest to paint. one mishap during the candy coat, and you have to start over. if your spray technique is not perfect, the paint job turns out horrible. you need to "walk" the car when spraying candy, otherwise you have dark spots where you stopped and started. you need to have the same # of coats on all parts, sprayed at the same distance and gun speed, otherwise there will be color differences.
yes, but you can add a dye to the clear coat as well. most candy jobs i have seen used a candy mid-coat instead of the dye. IMO its not a good idea to add it to the clear, unless the car never sees sun or even use. the clear coat is supposed to protect your paint, and it hard to protect if color is in the clear.
yes, but is the enough mils on there to offer full UV protection? especially when you color sand and buff? you can always add more clear coat, but a midcoat candy would cost less in the long run.
