Advise on Candy Paint.....

[Sharpie]

Love the candy red

[Brazil]

Love the candy red

 

i've seen that first trd candy supra before that looks really good but then i've seen a lot of other candy red that does not look like that at all, it's kind of worrying..! animals above it is candy red with gold basin but it does not look anyting like the images above.

[Rob_Mitchell]

Love the candy red

 

you will find that might be on a silver base, looks stunning

[Lurch]

Mine is a candy red over metallic gold and is quite a deep cherry red that really pops when the sun hits it.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/BikerInSupra/Supra/DSC00052.jpg

 

Love that Red over the carbon fibre door. Looks nice

[Animal]

animal dont you have a better photo from further away..!

Here you go. They're not brilliant as my phone camera really doesn't do the colour justice... when its sunny, the carbon is a perfect match to the body, but I've never managed to get a good photo of it.

 

 

Because my car is painted black 'well shimmery' which is not a bad colour I really want to get this right.

 

Candy's are an odd science. It depends on what type and colour of base coat you use, the type of candy and how many coats you put on.

 

I would suggest getting samples of the kind of candy you want and spraying up some scrap bits of metal with different base coats (white, silver, gold, etc) and different thicknesses of candy.

 

If I remember right, my carbon panels had 2 coats of candy and the bodyshell had a gold base (Fiat colour I think) and either 3 or 4 coats of candy + 2 of clearcoat.