Pablo is an artist and owner of Kandy n’ Chrome, a custom paint service that does body art for low rider cars. He breaks down the techniques used to paint a traditional low rider style.
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How Low-Rider Graphics Are Painted On Cars | Insider Cars
Pablo Prado: How's it going, everybody? I am Pablo Prado from Kandy
n Chrome custom paintwork. Let me show you guys real quick how I lay out these graphics on this 1962 convertible. The base is gonna be the
foundation of the paint job. I like to use the silver base
with real heavy metal flake. The silver base is always gonna give you the most vibrant color. The silver flakes is basically
gonna make the candy dance. You're gonna see all the glitter, all the flake dancing in the sunshine. Once the
flakes are sprayed out, the next step would be
adding clear [coat]. You wanna make sure all that metal flake is buried underneath to
encapsulate that flake. I'll come back the next day, and I'll sand that down flat to pretty much eliminate any of the texture left behind. I basically start off by
laying out that centerline. Basing off that centerline, I'll start my design
on one half of the car, and using reference points, such as taillights or certain body lines, once I lay my first line out, t
hen I build off of that to kind of develop the
rest of the pattern design. When you lay a design out, let's say you lay a square out, I mean, you can lay
that out in five minutes and be done with it. And for me, I like to
add a little more detail to that main shape. I'll go ahead and lay
out different-size tapes within that certain simple design to kind of, just to give it that more detail to the design. Once I have my initial design
on one side of the car, I'll go ahead and lay
a white masking
paper on top of that area, and I'll trace it out with a pen. Once it's traced out, I'll go ahead and flip the template, or the stencil, over to the opposite side, and I'll go ahead and cut it out and outline it with my tape
to outline my stencils. Once my tape design is all masked out, I go ahead and start
with the paint effect, which is the waterdrop effect. First off, what I like to do is lay a clear base coat, and that's gonna make my water bead up on the surface. So, as you can see here, I'm
spraying at a low angle. So that way the waterdrop captures just the overspray part of the paint. You go ahead and let that sit overnight. Once you eliminate all the
water from the surface, you're able to put a
clear coat on top of that. That's gonna basically lock
in the shape of the water. So, up next, we're gonna
be doing a flake fade-out. I go ahead and mask out certain sections on top of the waterdrops, and I'll go ahead and just
fade out flake in those areas. So, the next paint effect
tha
t I'm gonna be doing is gonna be called the
candy-streaking effect. And I just basically create somewhat of a streaking effect just by smearing it
using a microfiber towel. So, what I like to do around the edges of the paint effects, I like to darken up the
edges of it with the candy. What that's gonna do is just basically give it a little bit of a shadow effect. So, once the paint effect is done, kind of check out which areas are gonna take the solid color, which areas are gonna have candy fade
s. I kind of plan out which
area I'm gonna spray next. So once I figure out what colors I'm gonna do in those areas, I go ahead and unmask those areas and begin to lay out the
color that I decided on, which in this case is the candy apple red. And then I'll add the next color, or the next form of laying the paint out, whether it be filling
it all in or fading it, just adding paint along
the edge of that area. So, in that area right there, I'm just fading out a little
bit of the candy paint out o
nto these 3/4-inch strips to kind of make it look like some spears are coming out from
underneath the pattern design. Once I fade out the color, I go ahead and go back over it with a little bit more candy
along that edge right there to kind of give it that little depth. This stage right here, we're unmasking the next level over, and we're gonna be basically
doing the same thing as far as with the candy paint. We're gonna be fading out some candy paint along these edges. I'm basically using the m
asking tape just to kind of give me
another layer of depth in the pattern design. In this section right here,
I'm just gonna be doing a, basically, traditional
tape-fade effect, and we're gonna be fading in a real light candy color along this edge right here. And we spray out the color
in the first section. We'll go ahead and remove the next layer of 3/4-inch tape and add another pass of candy paint, lightly fading, just right
along the edge of it. The main purpose of this is to fill in this emp
ty section right there. So, once we got all of our color laid out, it's time to do my favorite part, which is the unmasking part of it. It's basically like a sneak peek into what the final
product is gonna look like. So, this is basically the same process that gets repeated on the rest of the car and on the different sections of the car, the hood, the trunk, the sides. If you guys wanna learn
more on custom painting, just go ahead and check out my website, Kandynchrome.com.
Comments
This art style doesn't get enough credit for how amazing it is.
I can't even begin to imagine how many hours go into a paint job like that.
I love how he goes over each step so thoroughly in a very comprehensive way. Amazing skills, incredible end result.
Incredible. A low rider may not be your style or flavor of car. That's okay.But you can't help but appreciate and admire what these guys do to their cars, in terms of customizing and paint. The colors,designs, attention to detail, ingenious hacks and methods for getting certain looks. Guys like Pablo don't just paint cars. They are artists...where a car is their canvas. Amazing.
The only profession I've known for 30 yrs last month is painting in the automotive industry. I was fortunate enough to learn this style of artwork in the 90s from a older painter that was from south FL. I probably helped him do 7 to 8 jobs like this and eventually another 5 to 6 on my own. I'm just a southern boy from south Ga but I love this style of artwork and you are very, very talented because I know what you invest, time and materials wise into a paint job like this. The past 4 yrs I've developed severe arthritis in both hands, its every joint from the elbow down, so being able to see you do your thing really takes me back man, my hats off to you, your a talented artist and painter!!!!!
This came up in my recommended videos and I'm glad it did. The craftsmanship that he puts into the cars he paints is art in motion. Anytime I'm out and I see a car with some creative work behind it, I always try my best to give the owner props because I think it's important to let others know that their ideas and creativity are appreciated. Overall great work Pablo.
This is fine art. This is one of the most impressive contemporary craftmanship I have seen in my life. This shit is going to be in museums in 300 years hailed as a masterpiece of chicano culture.
As a women, I grew up when slicks were legal on the streets. I have seen a lot of custom painted muscle cars during those years but I have never seen anything as exquisite as this artistic work. You sir, are on another level. I admire your creativity and expertise. I watched you spray and your hand was perfectly steady. The great Picasso or Rembrandt would be completely blown away!!!! Thank you for the video!
This art genre is so amazing. As a low rider in high school, I always loved these cars! My brother tried to do that my car and messed it up horribly. I got so mad at him he wouldn’t fix it or just paint it one color. Now that I know how skilled it is I would have never set him up to fail.
Dude imagine taking this out for a drive, I'd freak out all the time thinking someone might scratch it, or god forbid someone comes by and keys the sides
Wow. I used to see work like this back in the 70's in Oxnard and Ventura. I thought it was a dying art. Really well done. Thank you.
Absolutely crazy how talented these painters are
I’m not really into this kind of stuff, but I’ve always been curious as to how this kind of car painting was performed. This was amazing. And the guy talks about it as if it was really simple to understand and do. Kudos man, this is an outstanding work of art, and your talent is undeniable.
Absolutely amazing work. I do a lot of airbrush work, but I can't even imagine working at this level. A "steady hand" doesn't even begin to express the skill required for this extremely detailed work. Or the 100's of hours of airbrushing to finally be able to do this correctly. This Cat is truly the master of his craft. Thanks for sharing.
The amount of skill and effort this takes is phenomenal. Whether you like the finish or not, he's a master craftsman. It's beautiful. All those different techniques come together gorgeously.
Truly a talented artist. His attention to detail and painting techniques are impeccable.
You make it look so easy but most people have no idea the hours and days it takes to complete such a paint job. Beautiful work you do!
I truly hope this art never loses interest in the world of custom builds. It’s an art I almost got in to 40 years ago after I won all regional in my paintings when I was in high school.
The price tag for something like this most be equally phenomenal.
A masterpiece . The rich around the world would have no problem paying 100 grand for a work of art like this.