How to Mix Candy Color for Painting Brake Calipers
Candy color provides a shiny, metallic finish for any type of automobile and automobile parts, such as brake calipers. Mixing it yourself can dramatically reduce your cost. Candy paint is ideally applied using a spray can or gun to achieve an even finish. It is almost always mixed with a clear coat or solvent and applied over a base coat.
Things You'll Need:
- Candy paint
- Clear coat or solvent
- Spray can or paint gun
- Funnel
- Mixing can
- Paint stirrer
- Choose a candy paint that is the closest match you can find to your car's current color or the color that you wish to color your car.
- Pour the solvent or clear coat into the mixing can.
- Slowly add a few drops of paint to a pint of clear coat or solvent. Approximate the amount needed; remember it's better to make it too light than too dark. You can always add more drops later if it's too light.
- Add only a few drops of color at a time until you reach the desired shade. Add one ounce of paint per pint of your clear coating.
- Mix well once you have achieved the color you want using a paint stirrer. The paint must be completely mixed before moving forward.
- Pour your newly created paint into a spray can or paint gun. Use a funnel as needed. You're now ready to paint the calipers or your vehicle.
- Test an inconspicuous area of your car to ensure you have a good match if you are trying to match the color of your existing car.
- Spray your candy coloring over the basecoat.