Painting cars seem to be so much more art than science to me, and the thought of painting my own car just makes me super nervous, even though I can’t possibly afford to pay someone else to do it. So when I watch videos of someone else painting something I’m always watching and wondering if I have the stones to do mine own at some point. Maybe we’ll get the guts and sucker a friend into helping on something easy like the Peep. In this video the paint job is NOT a simple one, as it is a candy paint job on a Maverick. If you aren’t familiar with candy paint jobs, they are a three stage process that has a base color, usually silver or white or gold, with a semi transparent color coat on top of that. Then the whole thing is covered in clear coat for an effect that makes the paint look a mile deep.
This Maverick is going to be something special when it is done and the process looks simple when True Gritt is doing it, but seems like it is always one small screwup away from looking like crap. There is a bunch of clear on this thing and to see it done is truly amazing. The color pops like you wouldn’t believe. This is candy!
