[38 old coupe]

i was wondering how hard is it to paint candy colors i was thanking of going with house of kolor colbalt blue i did a little bit of painting when i was younger but it was with lacker and synthetic enamel ppg brand thank you

[mrcleanr6]

candys are about the hardest of all paints to apply properly. when it comes to candy, its all about getting it on even otherwise it will look blotchy or striped. some colors are more prone to this than others. cobalt blue is a harder one to spray not to mention it bleeds like crazy. you can make your own non bleeding cobalt blue by mixing 50/50 violet and oriental blue. looks almost exactly like cobalt without the bad effects. in short to do a candy and have it come out real nice you will definately need top notch spray equiptment, real good gun control and alot of practice. if you like the look the kbc line is a little easier.

[38 old coupe]

ya i got to paint inside and out at the same time i was told thanks i will look in to it

[67goat]

i use to do quite a few candys, all with hok, i would say probably the hardest paint there is to paint is a kandy,one foul up and your doing the whole car again, i would practice quite a bit before jumping into doing one,they are not easy,streaking, blotching, very difficult to get one rite, now when they are done rite there isnt anything any better looking, but now with so many pretty colors too choose from,( factory colors) i stay away from them, i try to steer any of my customers away from them, mike.

[38 old coupe]

thank you i have a friend that is a bodyman and painter he said if i did all the body work he will squart if for 500. and i supply the materirals i was just wondering if i could do it and save 500 but i thank it will be a lot better if i let him do it he said that he has to paint inside and out at the same time is this true thank you

[67goat]

well to me it would be well worth it, ive had cars in the booth doing kandys on before and wish i would have never gotten into them, more trouble than there worth , so if he can spray one and get it rite, well worth the money in my opinion, mike.

[38 old coupe]

is it true he needs to spray inside and out at the same time thank you kelly

[baddbob]

No, he doesn't need to shoot the jambs and panel undersides at the same time as the exterior. In fact it would be better if he didn't. Have him shoot jambs first then do the exterior. There will be tape lines to deal with later but the end results will be much better. It would be insane to try to open and close the doors, hood and trunklid painting the jambs and exterior at the same time. JMO. Some like to shoot the exterior first then mask and shoot the jambs losing the transition on an edge then if any light overspray gets on the exterior it gets colorsanded off before buffing.

[38 old coupe]

k thank you very much i will chat with him more when the time comes i still got a long ways tell paint i got a 327 corvette motor in it turbo 350 tranney and a s-10 rear end under it right now i just bought a 9 inch and i installed a m2 frount suspension in it i hope to have it ready for paint next year around this time so long as i can stay working that is need money for parts since the last pics of the 38 olds coupe in my album a bought a 38 2 door sedan for parts car was cheep payed 415 for it off ebay but shipping is getting spendy im just having him ship the parts i don't need the whole car i getting all the parts that will fit the coupe all i have left for him to ship is the ft and rear fenders and running boards thanks everyone for all the help kelly