Kandy fade and Marblizer effects

[S. Drennan]

I would like to fade three different Kandy colors. House of Kolor Spanish Gold, Tangerine, and Apple Red over Orion Silver. I like the way these three colors look on the silver. Could I start in the middle with the Tangerine and fade it to the front and to the rear, then fade the Gold in from the front to the middle and the Red in from the rear to the middle? After reading some of the other replies to questions you don't recommend fading the Kandy colors, but can it be done if all the colors are premixed and ready to spray so that the first color isn't too dry to have the next color faded into it?

When using Marblizer, and Saran Wrap is applied, do you wait until the Marblizer has dried before you remove the Saran Wrap? I noticed it mentioned using various other materials to achieve a particular effect. I guess that means that you could use anything from a baseball cap to a toothbrush? Do you use these "other materials" after the Saran Wrap is applied, or do you press, dab, drag, or swirll them directly into/through the Marblizer? What do you use to get your favorite effect?

 

[DDG]

The saran wrap you let sit for about a minute.
You use the other materials as you would the saran wrap. Yes, you swirl, drag, dab and whatever else while the marblizer is wet.
As far as the candy fades, never tried it. The only way it would work "properly" is to spray all three colors at one time with three guns.
If you apply the first color then flash, the second color then flash, when you get to the third color, the first color has been sitting too long for clearcoating. Assuming you're applying 4-5 coats of each.
Here's a possibility, spray your first color, then clear, wetsand then second color, clear, wetsand, then third color and clear.
It's alot of paint, but like I said I've never done a candy fade.
PLEASE, try it on a panel first and do not take
what I said about the candy and clear method too seriously, I've never done it.
I would personally stay away from the fades.
Just thought of this, if you mix your own candies with SG-100 and kk's, it might work but don't apply more than four coats of each color.
Dirt

 

[S. Drennan]

Thanks, maybe I'll just stack them, (without any overlap or fade) and use the drop shadows so they look three deep.

When painting custom graphics such a flames on a truck. Does it matter if you paint the graphics first, mask them off, paint the rest of the vehicle with the main color then clear and color sand the whole thing?

I thought this might save a little clear.

When putting on the multiple coats of paint required to produce a graphic, what tips can you offer on removing the original layer of masking tape. I am assuming that it will try to lift the paint around it when you pull it off.

 

[Austin]

I've done some kandy fades with a airbrush. You definately will want to do a sprayout. It works fine but keep in mind that when you put two transparent colors together they will actually make a third color. Some colors don't mix very good. I just used blue, yellow, and red. When you sprayed the blue and faded the yellow into it, it made a nice green between the colors. Or the blue into red made a nice violet, you get the point. If more than two colors got near each other it quickly turned muddy. Try it on a test panel, you might be supprised how nice it looks.
Austin

 

[S. Drennan]

Would it be possible to spray a light mist of reducer between fades to "tack" the previous color up a little, so that the next color would bond to it? Or would this cause a problem with the clear that was sprayed over the base color? Or maybe even pinholes?

 

[wammied]

If you let the kandy dry more than twelve hours, you can use a maroon scuff pad to knock off the gloss and then spray it with clear.

Just did this tonight in fact. Got some dirt in the kandy (final coat of course) so I couldn't clear it lastnight. Tonight I scuffed it with the pad and it knocked off the gloss but it wouldn't touch the dirt. So I carefully wet sanded the whole thing with 600. Keep in mind I had 8 kandy coats to begin with.

It's not that you can't wet sand kandy, it's just that you have you be uniform to avoid creating light spots.

Good luck, just so happens I'm doing the same paint job as yours on a friends Exselsior-Henderson. Orion silver base for the flames and blue kandy for the background. He has about 7 different kandies for the flames, should be fun!