HOK Shimrin Kandy Basecoat

[whitewalls]

Has any one used the Hok Shimrin Kandy Basecoat? Im thinking about trying the kandy apple red. I'm not looking for it to look bright red. I would rather like the color the look a deep red. Any suggestion on tinting the sealer. HOK KO-SEAL ll. Plus what are the pros. and cons of this stuff.

 

[infernographix]

the kbc line is great for a candy look alike with the ease of shooting, shoot it over a dark primer and you should get the dark look you want, or you can add more KK candy apple red concentrate to get it a bit darker, you can even add kk to you koseal to tint it as you mentioned, its a great product take your time and have fun

 

[infernographix]

oh and if you want a darker red look at brandy wine thats a hot color like the c5 vette ran for a year or two.

 

[whitewalls]

thanks for your reply infernographix, Im not really looking for a dark color . i just don't want a bright red. Will tinting a sealer light gray work. also how good does the HOK color shapes match the really paint. i'm looking at the kbc 11 candy apple on the web site. I'm sorry for all the questions this is my first paint job.I'm painting my harley bagger and don't want to mess up. thanks to all that reply.

 

[infernographix]

there close depending on your monitor, best bet is find your local paint supply house that sells hok and look at the chips in the book, its a nice color. i would tint you sealer with the candy apple KK then it wont take as many layers to get the color solid.

 

[TAZ]

Possibly the KBC-11 over BC-11?
This will bring it down a notch versus candy red over a silver or gold base.

Since you aren't looking at a brighter looking candy red and you aren't spraying the true candy red, you may want to consider a factory auto colors. LOT's of nice deep rich looking reds that have the candy appearance to them. This will make it a lot easier to spray if you get one in a basecoat/clearcoat.

 

[whitewalls]

Ok i went to my local paint supply store. I checked out the house of kolor book and i love the bright candy apple red . i don't want it to look pinkish in the sun. but i do want the color to pop. what color would you recommend tinting the sealer. i want to use there ko-seal, kbc basecoat candy apple red, and the clear. sorry for all the questions.

 

[TAZ]

If you want even a more rich look, I would suggest using the UK-11 instead of KBC-11.
Using the UK....
When you spray candy red over a silver metallic, the first couple coats will be pinkish looking. So it will be up to you to keep putting on more coats until you get the nice deep rich candy red look.
I can't tell you how many coats to apply because all painters have different spray techniques.
A painter could even have that look within 2-3 coats, but I think most will take 4-5 coats, maybe even 6 coats.

As far as the sealer, you can use one that would be best fit for the metallic you plan on using. When we use the BC Silver, we mix the black and white together (KS-11 and KS-10) to give us a gray sealer.

The new system coming out will have a gray sealer that is really nice to us. Better than the KS sealers!!!!
Look for the HOK complete line coming out soon!!!

 

[infernographix]

the kbc is more forgiving if your not experianced in spraying 3 stage paint, the uk candy is the true candy paint job where its wet on wet, meaning you have to keep spraying your candy through the clear in one setting, any runs you get in uk your screwed no way to fix it. KBC you can just stop let it set up sand and spray again since its a base coat and not a true candy three stage. My first ever paint job was a three stage candy cobalt blue so it is doable just more stress using the true candy systems

 

[TAZ]

the kbc is more forgiving if your not experianced in spraying 3 stage paint, the uk candy is the true candy paint job where its wet on wet, meaning you have to keep spraying your candy through the clear in one setting, any runs you get in uk your screwed no way to fix it. KBC you can just stop let it set up sand and spray again since its a base coat and not a true candy three stage. My first ever paint job was a three stage candy cobalt blue so it is doable just more stress using the true candy systems

I agree. One other thing to mention that I've found out, is the brighter/lighter the candy, the harder it is to spray. A darker type candy is pretty easy to get the candy consistent without any problems.

 

[infernographix]

good point taz i forgot all about that..