paint continued

[mik]

I realize and everyone has confirmed red is the most expensive color, I am not married to the color red, I like it but Isn't it more expensive to change color? I wouldn't mind a nice black or white. Thanks

[baltobernie]

White is the most forgiving of minor surface imperfections. Black is the most critical.

[wikkid]

Blue is fastest. Heh, heh.

[Schnauzer]

mik:

I just did my 76 in black. It was faded oxidized red/maroon. As stated, any imperfection will show but to my taste it looks pretty sharp. I got my inspiration from TulsaSpider's rig. IAP has a gallery of customer cars on their web site. Every color you can imagine is there. What looks cool on a chip or swatch might not on our Spiders. Take a look see....

Jim

[mdrburchette]

A color with metal flake won't show as many imperfections as a solid color too. The lighter the color, the less it shows. Reds are more transparant and will take more coats for coverage. That ups the price as well as the fact the color red is more expensive.

[v6spider]

mdrburchette:
What do think about house of kolor's one-step kandy finishes with regards to imperfections? Well actually its base coat/clear coat. It isn't applied like a traditional candy finish. The color I am considering is Organic Green. I was going to do British racing green with an emerald like pearl but I like this better. Easier application...

Rob

[Daniel]

I see a lot of good looking red spiders a few other colors here and there bur red seems to be the theme !
My Car is going to be yellow it's current factory color is Blue faded and needs work . The orange/yellowish
color looks really good that is a rare color on Spider but is a great look for these cars IMO if my mind wasn't
made up about the yellow already the orange would be my next choice .

Rob
what wheels are you going to be using on the next V6 Spider same wheels as before of something else ?

[mdrburchette]

mdrburchette:
What do think about house of kolor's one-step kandy finishes with regards to imperfections? Well actually its base coat/clear coat. It isn't applied like a traditional candy finish. The color I am considering is Organic Green. I was going to do British racing green with an emerald like pearl but I like this better. Easier application...

Rob

Rob, do a little investigating on the HOK products. The colors look outstanding! I would love to repaint my X19 in the tangerine color, but when I asked Ron about their products, he said they don't use a polyurethane basecoat/clearcoat system and the few times he's sprayed it, the colors faded. You might want to consider adding a pearlescent additive to your paint of choice.

[v6spider]

Denise,

Here's what HOK has to say about it:

"SHIMRIN® KANDY BASE COATS (KBC)
Kandy Base Coats are a mixture of Kandy and select Pearls into a SHIMRIN® Universal Base Coat that mimics a Kandy finish. They feature low build, fewer coats, are easy to apply, and touch ups are easier than ever. Available in the same great colors as our regular kandys. Due to their unique chemical make-up they may be top coated with either an acrylic lacquer or urethane enamel."

I wouldn't do it any other way but base-coat/clear-coat 'cause I am a novice. I have sprayed Harley's and such, but not something as big as a car. From what I have read you can add pearl to the clear coat to further enhance the Kandy effect, but I will make that judgment call after I spray the base. If it looks good I am not going to complicate the clear-coat process.

Rob

[mdrburchette]

Keep us posted on your progess. I'd like to know what you think of the HOK products.

[v6spider]

I will! right now I am cutting out the rusting metal and replacing it. It is a slow arduous painstaking process that drove me crazy at first, but now I think I am finding my groove. In order to get the quality necessary to replace the metal you surely have to go slow. So far so good I have replaced the rotten portions in the rear quarter wheel arch and the lower valence, the lower part of the back panel and part of the interior trunk metal in the rear effectively removing the sharp protruding edge that is visible when you remove the bumper.

I'll be posting pics once I finish with the french-ed round taillights I am doing.

Cheers!
Rob