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It's All About the Paint: Candies, Flakes, and Flames, Oh My!

IMG_8052 Let me paint you a picture… You sit wondering like some of us if there will be a day that the car of yours will ever be done and in some candy shop of a paint house. Well for SEMA, the candy store was brought, and strong! Paint is the number one thing everyone looks at. It's the cover, the end, the Paint. IMG_8016 While some opt for the more traditional stock & OEM colors, there is a select few owners that love the brightly painted and unusual. Painting cars is a serious art. I drooled over at the Lowrider booth for about an hour - I am a magpie when it comes to the shiny bits, immediately flocking to the flip-flop paint and flakes! IMG_8007 Graphics and airbrushing are all over the place, but I think what is trending for the new-model car enthusiasts is the suede paints on new cars and trucks. There are a handful of manufacturers that will paint it stock and brand new out the door. IMG_8066 For those of you that paint, or just like the freaky stuff, you'll definitely find yourself at House of Kolor. Everyone in the custom car world uses at least one of their products, if not more. I've talked to people sponsored by competing paint companies that still swear to HOK Inner Klear and candies... but shhhh! PPG is another large paint manufacturer that always has amazing colors and magnificant cars showing at SEMA. IMG_8198 When it's all said and done, these paints create art and the canvas is the car. I've captured for y'all the essence of the show with all the wonderful paint swatches you can handle. IMG_7998 IMG_8010 IMG_8013 IMG_8019 IMG_8027 IMG_8030 IMG_8036 IMG_8001 IMG_8040 IMG_8046 IMG_8051 IMG_8055 IMG_8057 IMG_8060 IMG_8063 IMG_8069 IMG_8071 IMG_8079 IMG_8082 IMG_8085 IMG_8088 IMG_8094 IMG_8097 IMG_8099 IMG_8115 IMG_8117 IMG_8125 IMG_8127 IMG_8133 IMG_8139 IMG_8145 IMG_8149 IMG_8157 IMG_8201 IMG_8202 IMG_8208 IMG_8210 IMG_8232
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