Custom Paint: candy or pearl?
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Custom Paint: candy or pearl?
Fixing to paint my softail custom , probably in a dark blue. Not alot of experience w/ paint. Which would look better a pearl or candy? Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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Done by the right painter, Candy looks the best to me. It's not easy to get it to look its best. If your going for blue, think about Deep Cobalt. I had an old Shadow painted Deep Cobalt Blue by a local guy.. Damn did that thing look good. It's a little more expensive, as paint goes, but you won't regret it.
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Kandies will have bigger flake and more depth, certain colors will show more depth than others. Pearls will give you more flip/flop. Kandy will be more expensive and if you ever get a chip or dent that needs to be fixed it'll be much more involved to repair and paint plus it will be harder to duplicate the color. There's a lot of nice dark blue pearls to choose from and honestly dark blue kandies won't show a ton of depth anyway so if you're going dark blue I'd stick with a pearl. I paint for a living so if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them. Larry
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Pearl is nice, but Candy is Dandy. I don't think you will go wrong with either. I had mine painted candy blue and love the look. The only regret I have is that I wish now I would have had the whole bike done in candy blue metal flake instead of just the flames.
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Go Candy mate..
Hi Roadkingfatboy, my painter in Philly is just finishing mine off (clear going on as we speak) and I'm (obviously) a big fan of his work!
We wanted a dark colour that looked almost black from 10 feet or more away but as you got closer, you could see more detail. More sun/light meant more detail and less light meant less detail etc so it almost looked black.
Do yourself a favour and go Candy....
This was 80% Black candy and 20% copper Molten candy...
Let me know your thoughts...
From about 8 feet away...
Rear guard
Tank (white marks are the painters reflection)
Detail of the back guard..
We wanted a dark colour that looked almost black from 10 feet or more away but as you got closer, you could see more detail. More sun/light meant more detail and less light meant less detail etc so it almost looked black.
Do yourself a favour and go Candy....
This was 80% Black candy and 20% copper Molten candy...
Let me know your thoughts...
From about 8 feet away...
Rear guard
Tank (white marks are the painters reflection)
Detail of the back guard..
