Petersen, Wally Parks, and George Barris - into the National Roadster Hall of Fame. In 1960, the National Roadster Show inducted Bailon - alongside Robert E. Regardless, Bailon’s status as the father of candy paints has never been disputed. As Kustomrama pointed out, Bailon capitalized on his invention by selling the paints and instructions to other customizing shops, but the shops would then continue using the technique without buying paints directly from Bailon.
One of Bailon’s most famous custom cars beyond Miss Elegance, the 1958 Candy Bird prominently featured the technique paired with Tommy the Greek pinstriping and gold highlights. That Chevrolet, which came to be known as Miss Elegance, earned Bailon a number of awards and recognition enough to move his customizing business from his garage to a dedicated shop in Hayward, California (where he customized, among other cars, bandleader Freddy Martin’s Muntz Jet).Īround 1956, he finally perfected the candy paint process and proceeded to apply it to other colors beyond red. His 1936 Ford not only got him the aforementioned job, according to Kustomrama, but also earned him a tidy profit that he then put toward a wrecked 1941 Chevrolet that he proceeded to radically alter, starting with a chromed dashboard filled with every gauge Stewart-Warner made at the time. While he worked to perfect the color, he began to customize his own cars and eventually take on commissions for customers. “I thought, wouldn’t it be nice to see the whole car the color of that taillight?” Nor did the Bay Area sunsets or the orchards across from his childhood home play no small part in influencing his palette, but the inspiration for the technique came shortly after he returned from a stint in the Army during World War II.Īccording to an American Hot Rod Foundation he grew entranced at the color of taillamps at night reflected in the rain-soaked streets. He applied scallops to the first car he had a hand in customizing, a 1929 Ford Model A, in 1937, and he experimented with adding silver and metalflake to paint at his first job as a car painter.
Joe Bailonīailon’s eye for color and shape well predates candy apple red, of course. There is a Royal Stencil pattern available for every decorating style! We are continuously updating our stencil collections to offer you everything from timeless patterns to the latest design trends.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.” Sounds simple, but it took Joe Bailon - the customizer credited with inventing the process, who died this week at the age of 94 - 10 years to perfect. Simply choose the best stencil paint color to match your decor to create a coordinated look. Stencils give you endless custom color options. Use them to stencil patterns on walls, wood, concrete, furniture, tile, fabric paper, cork, canvas, and more.ĭecorating with stencils is economical! All you need are some basic Stencil supplies and paint to create a patterned wall or surface at a fraction of the cost of wallpaper. With minimal care, stencils can be used repeatedly for many different projects and on multiple surfaces. Our stencils are laser cut in our San Diego, California, USA studio from durable 10mil Mylar plastic sheets.
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