candy Q

[BDsbigZRX]

I'm getting ready to do a bike, the owner wants a solid candy-apple red finish. I am thinking I'll spray a silver metallic basecoat, then use a HOK candy red (I have/have used their Tangerene candy before). My Q is this: After I spray the candy red, what if you have a dust or dirt nib in the paint? I thought I heard you can't let it dry, then very wery gently sand it out with say, 800g or 1000g, it will ruin the uniformity of the candy color. Any truth to that? Why do the (HOK candies at least) have a reducer AND a catylist? They need to be topcaoted with clear, so why the catylist as opposed to a 1:1 basecoat type mixture????

 

[alienboy]

if you a dust nib in the kandy you have 2 choices. Either shoot your clear and hope it floats to the top so you can sand it later or let your kandy dry, then sand it, then re kandy and clear.
I usually do the first option with good success

 

[crashfixer]

I have let the kandy dry and sand right to the kandy with 600 and had good turn outs and some bad turn outs.If you decide to sand it,pay close attention to not sand through it and you should be fine.

 

[BDsbigZRX]

why the catylist in the candy though??? I mean, nobody doesn't clear over candy, do they??? It's catylized, so you'd almost think it's "OK", but there is no way I am not clearing over it!!!

 

[rex]

It's catalized because it's made out of a thick clear like topcoat clear and it would be too thick to be stable without hardner.

 

[BDsbigZRX]

hummm, makes sense.......

 

[rex]

Triviaf all the people that don't clear over candy is the damn car manufacturers that charge you a ton of money for a chunk of plastic with some steel thrown in.The color is in the topcaot clear and bleaches out like crazy over time,really looks aweful if you spot repair one and see it years later-the repair looks nice but the original finish is still going to hell.You can make the candy in basecoat but you won't get the depth of the UK candy.