Different type of marble

[DonDada469]

I have been practicing in my booth with my own version of a marble effect (not using House of Kolors marbling paint)...Reducing down regular solvent based paints, and right before hitting with platic, I spray blender. It's been working fine in practice. So I'm getting ready to try it on my bike soon.
(Factory burnt orange...paint's in good shape so just going to wet sand and then hit with a rootbeer paint to do the marbling)

My question is, every time someone speaks of this effect they always mention a candy layer. What does this mean. Can't you just achieve the same effect the way I have been doing it?

 

[TAZ]

We've been doing something like that for about 8 years now. It's basically reverse of the normal way, silver then black.
I have a 'How-To' on this in the How-To section (info)

To answer your question, the 'candy' coat will give it more depth and richness. You basically want to use contrasting colors under your candy. We use silver and black. Then you apply the candy color of your choice over this.

In your case, you can still do a marbling effect over your existing orange, but if you are not applying candy, probably the normal way of marbleizing might work best for you. Just use the silver marble over your existing paint job.

 

[DonDada469]

Taz, not quite sure how I would get the orange and rootbeer effect by using a silver marblizer...can you explain how that would work.
Or what I was do with a kandy to achieve what I'm looking for?

 

[TAZ]

I assume if you want the orange and root beer effect, I guess you just plan on using orange and adding a root beer over it.
The way I was talking was to use a silver and black base and then put the candy root beer or candy tangerine , or both of them to get a nice rich look.

Not exactly for sure what effect you are going for though.