Thread: First Candy Paint Street Job!

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Can you share what went into those?

Sorry Jay,I don't know anything about those cars or who painted them as I found them on a web site sometime last year and because the colour just smacked me in the eyes with it's depth etc.,I wanted to save them. Steve's Auto Restoration rebuild and painted a '40 Ford Convertible that is on there web site that is so like those two cars that also took my fancy as in certain light it looked almost black but in bright sunlight had that deep red colour.

This is the car that Steve's finished and by the sign behind I can only guess whose product he uses.

Thanks for responding. I think I will get some requests, so I also am looking for alternatives

All of those cars look so amazing! . The PPG car is a little lighter than I like, but all of them look really really nice. Further proof that I think I want to try the HOK candy basecoat system w/ black/candy. HRP- how does that differ from what you did aside from the flake? What was it that was hard to find, the ceramic flake?

Originally Posted by 35fordcoupe

All of those cars look so amazing! . The PPG car is a little lighter than I like, but all of them look really really nice. Further proof that I think I want to try the HOK candy basecoat system w/ black/candy. HRP- how does that differ from what you did aside from the flake? What was it that was hard to find, the ceramic flake?

I think if you just put candy over black, it will be a muddy redish brown. You will need some kind of pearl, metallic or flake in between them. The trick is to find one that goes dark when it isn't reflecting direct light. That is what makes the red highlights seem so strong. If you try different combinations, then you can compare them to see what gives the effect you like.

Yes... the ceramic flake. HOK had both plants shut down, and they haven't been able to find anyone to make it for them.

Sorry, I was referencing the link below for HOK's kandy basecoat system which is supposed to have a pearl mixed in. It came up on another thread here not long ago. I'll probably end up asking about it a few more dozen times before the car actually gets painted Your job sounds similar except using flake instead of pearl?

http://www.kolorhouse.com/custom-pai...basecoats.html

Jay,

Beautiful work to say the least. Just to satisfy my curiosity, are you using HVLP?

Jack.