What is Candy Paint?

Hey guys! I’m Brad, and I make how-to videos. I do custom painting projects, guitar painting, airbrushing, spray can painting, wood working, and a variety of other finishing work and tutorials. Please subscribe and check out my channel for more! There is a lot of confusion out there about what candy paint actually is. The term is often used incorrectly, and many people don't truly goes into a candy finish. The candy paint job is a very specialized thing, and it is important to know what it entails when you're dealing with custom paint work. Candy paint is made with transparent dye as opposed to the pigments used in other types of paint. This means that light will pass through it, hit whatever is underneath, and then pass through it again before reaching the viewer's eye. In contrast, normal paint is given its appearance by light hitting the pigment and reflecting off of it. This transparency means that one can achieve incredibly deep looking finishes with candy paints, but it also means that it's important to be selective about what you use under a candy. Putting it over black for example would be wasteful. The finished product would simply be black. Candies are often used over silver and heavily pearled paints so that the pearlescence can reflect through the dye. Candy paints are also what is used for most true-fire techniques. Don't forget to ask your questions or submit video questions if you want to show me something. Thanks for watching. To get in touch with me with your questions, photos, etc. use the links below! https://www.facebook.com/BradAngovePainting https://twitter.com/Brad_Angove https://instagram.com/brad.angove/ http://bradangove.tumblr.com