Attitude Custom Painting - How-To
How to do a basic 'checkered' paint job

This is a special effect that we created using the same principle of how to do marble.
Except we are not using marble. We pretty much do it backwards of the way it's supposed to be done.

This eliminates the problem of having the adhesion problems that 'marble' is known for. This also makes an effect that stands out more than marble and keeps other painters and viewers guessing how it's done. You can control how dark or how light you would want the effect to be. I personally like it darker, but on this particular job, the customer wanted the background to show more of the candyCandy Apple is a tri-stage paint that is basically a clear with dye in it. It is applied over another color (most of the time it would be a metallic paint) to give it extreme depth. Most candy apple jobs are applied over either a silver or gold basecoat. Spraying over different basecoats will give the same color candy apple different effects. If you spray candy apple over white, you will get a brighter solid candy color. Spraying over a black pearl will make the color extremely dark, but you will still see the pearl flakes the same color as the candy apple. red rather than the blackWell, as with all colors, black comes in many different shades, so if I paint your motorcycle for you and you do not specify a code, I will spray them a factory pack "true black". Just another name, but a very black black---make sense? areas.

The last pic shows what it would be like if you went with a darker base.
This effect looks GREAT with a 2-tone. i.e. Black top surfaces with the effect shown below on the bottom surfaces
As far as I know, I am the only shop in the country that does this effect (until possibly now!). I have not seen it anywhere else.

We'll use a saddle bag lower for this How-To. Here is shows the bag before sealerA wet-on-wet primer that goes on before any of the paint work. Helps prevents shrinking. and the base. get your bag prepped. No need to worry about any scratches showing through the base as this is a busy paint job!
So 320 will be fine
 

Spray a medium gray sealer (we use HOK and just mix the white and black sealer to create a gray)

Then we spray a few coats of silver. Then we spray a couple coats of interclear.
let it sit for a 1/2 day or so