Wednesday, November 22, 2017

candy apple red, invented by Joe Bailon, and it took him 10 years to perfect

Lay down a coat of gold first, then red atop that, then follow that with a clear coat with some red mixed into it and you get deep, delicious glowing paint known the world over as “candy apple red.”

Around 1956, he finally perfected the candy paint process and proceeded to apply it to other colors beyond red.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/09/27/joe-bailon-inventor-of-candy-apple-red-and-other-paints-dies-aged-94/

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