trans_am_ta_84

does anyone have a picture of a car painted in candy apple red?

Sonar_un

I am pretty sure there are a couple of people with that paint color, and if I remember correctly, it looks damn fine

USA-1

I never really understood the shades. What is candy apple? I know fire engine red but that's pretty easy. Is candy apple like a redish-maroonish color? Where can I find the stock names in '87? I have that stock red/maroon color but I have no idea what it's called.

camarogirl18

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i dont understand the paint colors either.......mine is in my sig...

ChevyKen

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This one is Candy Apple red





Ken

trans_am_ta_84

ooooh thats purty, mine will be looking like that saturday

squirrelybird

to clear it up....candy apple red is not just a paint color. candies are translusent layers of color that are sprayed OVER a base. (imagine a gold base, with a translucent red over it...kinda gives the look of a candy apple's red candy shell)

p.s. for pics...see kandied91z

Kandied91z

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watch out now...........she's a little bright.

Kandied91z

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most candies are a typical tri-stage idea using a color clear or a "tint"

my particular color uses a grey metallic primer coat, a gold and silver heavy metallic mix for the base and a red clear. you can do any number of many variations however most candy reds tend to use a gold base for a darker color and a silver for lighter. i mixed the two because i wanted an in-between look.

in the sun the silver metallic comes through to make it sparkle. at night depending on the light the gold will shine through to make the colors change.

candies are a paint that takes alot of experience to pull off and very expensive. mine isn't perfect but i accept a few of the flaws for the money i saved. a true candy paint job that is flawless can run anywhere from 10-15,000.

Kandied91z

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trans_am_ta_84

wow.. 10-15,000? my dad can paint, but all we're doing is getting just a color thats close to candy apple red, not going crazy painting it gold to get that effect you have on yours. very nice though. i'm also looking for some rims. i think the cragar 330 series would look good on my red trans am.. what do you guys think/

Kandied91z

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there is no single color that will ever look anywhere close to a candy paintjob. if your dad can paint have him try it.....if he's any good you might come up with something very close. just experiment with tri-stage paints on a flat metal platform like a door until you work out the way you want it.

you can't even do a metallic in a single and have anything that looks candy. you will need depth to achieve the look and depth requires multi-stages along with multiple layers....

i have about 10 layers of color on the car to achieve the look and most use 15. the nice thing about candies is that the product itself isn't expensive like most prismatic paints and some of the more elaborate colors. yet if you know how to paint well you can really make a car stand out.

good luck!

Quick_Trans_Am

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Kandied, that car is absolutely gorgeous. I have to ask you this, as I'm fairly new to painting and body works, but did you have to do any finish sanding or buffing to bring the paint out like that, or is that how it came out?

Kandied91z

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nothing special short of a small amount of wet sanding and the typical finish glaze that you would apply. the above picture is actually a picture of the car when the paint was a few years old. i just try to take good care of it, however it is very hard when i put alot of miles on the car every summer.

one thing is certain.....you cannot perfectly match the paint if you are ever hit or you get chips and scratches so do not paint a car candy if it's your first car or you typically abuse paint as these sorts of colors will not last if subjected to abuse and matching it is impossible. also, the sun makes these colors fade more then normal; basically like heavy metallic factory colors like greys, blues, or even some dark metallic reds.

Kandied91z

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here is a picture to show a little bit of the depth depending on the angle of the light and the body.

Quick_Trans_Am

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I see.... interesting how it works. Does a glaze go on before or after a buffing compound (like 3m finesse it)?
I'd love to have a finish like that on my ride, but I don't think I'm anywhere near the skill level to do that yet.

Kandied91z

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honestly, the most important work was done when the car was finished using the proper polishing compound. after that for the first year i used zaino products because i liked the finish but eventually the price and amount of time it took i became tire of so i went back to the product i originally used to polish and now i use it once a month or whenever the paint looses it's smooth feel to it. often times a top coat sealer or non-carnuba "wax" will be applied every other month.

other then that i wash it once a week in the summer and just enjoy it!

here is a link to the product i use. http://www.wizardsproducts.com

here is a link to a friends vehicle that has a $15,000+ paintjob and uses the same product.

http://www.machperformance.com/my_wi...blazer%20X.htm

Timz2882

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i like the candy apple metal flake red

Timz2882

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heres a candy apple metal flake blue, i love this color

edit: sorry pics blurry

Timz2882

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heres a close up shot of the candy apple red

Kandied91z

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technically it's either metal flake or candy........

Timz2882

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lol ill have to check the can again. i think the blue is just the metal flake and the red is the candy but im not too positive, the cans are in the garage so it will have to wait

1989 Iroc-Z28

Heres what those rims look like on my IROC sorry for the s***ty quality pic but its the only one that I can attach all my other ones are too big

1989 Iroc-Z28

Heres what those rims look like on my IROC sorry for the s***ty quality pic but its the only one that I can attach all my other ones are too big :doh

1989 Iroc-Z28

Sorry for the double post I dunno how that happened lol

SC82TA

I thought candy apple red was an actual color and not the process. After all there are red candy apples and they have nothing to do with the layering of paints. Its just a descriptive term for the color...like jet black or forrest green.

FSTFBDY

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Kandys are Pearls are verry nice. Im doing my vert in HOK Orion Silver Base toped with Cobalt blue.

Cost of materials All HOK suplies is $850.
Thats all the primer/sealer/harnder/reducer bla bla bla
The Silver Base, The Cobalt Blue Transparent and The clear.

okfoz

Candy Apple Red 67 Riviera...

Kandied91z

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nope....there is no real color candy apple red. there is the candy process and then you add your own color. there are millions of combinations for varrying shades of a candy color.

there are some factory tri-stage colors that have names "candy" in them but just because you name it one thing doesn't mean it's a true candy color. a real candy color has depth to it almost as if you could reach in and touch the underlying layers. the worst part about candy paint jobs is that they don't look good in pictures. in person and in film they are some of the best colors out there but in a picture they are rather bland.

Vader

Ken!

What happened to your baby? It looks GREAT! I see you lost the ASCD hood, and the wheels still look "right" on the car.

Do much off-road driving?

SinthetikIroc

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i have that coolor on my 87 iroc. i beleive its called "Dark Red Metallic" or something like that.

Kandied91z

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that isn't kens car.......

there were two stock factory dark metallic reds, three if you count pontiac. one is toredor "sp", dark metallic red, and the 91-92 color that i can't remember the color.

when i painted my candy i wanted it to look as stock to the original color as possible but when the sun hit it i wanted it to sparkle.........

here is the original color

Kandied91z

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and then the new paint.....similar yet different. candys just aren't displayed well on 35mm film.

ChevyKen

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Hey Jeff!!!

That not my baby.
My baby still "just" red.
My baby still SS hood.
My baby still TT2 rims.
My baby no off-road driver.
My baby still too dirty to enter show tomorrow.



BTW, I sent ya' an email a lonnnngg time ago but haven't heard back from ya'? I've had another one sitting in my "draft" box that I've meant to send, but just have not gotten to it.
I still have some business to finish up with you - and the intrest rent is accumulating BAD on it!!

Shoot me an email bud!! Mmmm'kay?


Ken

squirrelybird

you ever looked at a "red candy apple?" the hard candy shell is translucent...you can see through it. same principal for kandy paints...the candy layer, you can "see through".

if you guys want to look into it, go to the house of kolor website. and listen to kandied91z...he knows what hes talking about...look at his car!

Kandied91z

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that's the beautiful thing about it and also the reason why they don't show up on 35mm or normal camera film. digital film kind of captures it but you have to see it in person.....it's definately something else. unique and custom yet classy.


a main reason why it's so expensive as well......in order to get all those layers perfectly smooth and then apply a color clear smooth as well makes it difficult. the more layers of color or "tinted" clear adds more depth.

one guy i talked to when looking for a painter had a beautiful gt mustang candy red with 20 layers of red clear!!

it was one of the best candy paintjobs i've ever seen but he wanted 15,000 for the job. maybe in my next life.

either way there are ways around it and it can be an affordable paint job but it is hard to paint and the materials are costly.....that and if you ever get any scratch or problem with the body your car won't look right.

the upside is if done remotely right it's a very nice type of paint that will get looks from everyone!

FSTFBDY

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Goto your local auto body shops or p[aint supliers and ask to see the HOK cc100 color charts...

As Kandied said Pic's dont to em justice
Im doing Orion Silver Base and Cobalt blue topcoat

UK5 over BC02
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/misc/cobaltblue.jpg

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/misc/cobaltblue2.jpg

Look how Diff they are in 2 pic's

The color is Almost like the 96 GrandSport Corvette but way way nicer in person... You cant compair a regular b/c c/c paint joy with a custom kandy..

Kandied91z

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yep and the fact you can change base coats to give different darkness and depths as well as the top coat shades allow for unique colors so your almost certain to never see the same color on another car, that is unless you share your code.