Quote Originally Posted by sunsetdart View Post
Matt.............painting candies are the HARDEST paints to get right. If the overlap is not perfect, you will tiger stripe it. If you make a mistake, it has to be done all over. Stick with BC/CC . If you are a beginner..............practice, practice, and then................more practice.
Also remember.............painting the car is about 5% of the job.....the other 95% is preparation of the body. If the bodywork and prep are not right, even the best painter in the world can't make it look good.
Your right there!!!! Ya can't polish a turd.
Most of the factory candy look paints today are a tri-coat, simular to candies .
done with a base coat,color coat(with pearls) and clear coats.
Still takes a lot of experiance to get it right. then if ya got to spot it it's not as easy to do any blends etc.
Just my 2 cents after 45+ years experiance.