K03928000 Candy Grape Shimmer Metallic Paint, 11.5 ounces

Received this today and immediately tried it on a craft project. Very pleased with the color! Thank you.

Made my wooden benches look metal. I love this paint! It's got a great color, great look, and nice refraction from paint! I put it on some old wooden benches and made it look like they were metal. Just love this.

I found the Krylon Candy Grape Shimmer Metallic paint results in a great finished product. I will echo what some others have mentioned in these reviews; preparation is everything. All metallic shimmer paints are not meant for opaque cover, they require a base coat. You can have a base coat of the same color you are using (in this case purple) or a flat white or light gray primer coat (which will require a few extra coats of metallic paint). I find the nozzle on this paint (as well as competitors) hard to hold down when covering a large area. Using good spray technique of depressing at the start of stroke and releasing at the end of stroke will fatigue your finger. You will have a tendency to move your finger forward on the nozzle which will result in the bottom of your finger interfering with the spay and causing blobs of paint. Ideally you should not have any paint on your trigger finger! I suggest using a spray can trigger handle. Shake can periodically during use and occasionally wipe any paint from the nozzle. Spraying metallic paint is tricky with any brand. The nozzle on this product is not a directional nozzle, at 6-8" the spray is circular and narrow. I used the technique of spraying side to side followed by up and down followed by 45 degree spray pattern provided an even coat without tiger stripes. My project is a fly ball box (dog sport). I prepped the wood using gray spray-fill primer (automotive primer) with a final 600 grit wet sand prior to painting. I applied two coats a day apart, wet sanded with 600 grit and then applied the final coat. I had no issues with drips or gobs of paint. I was very satisfied with the results and so was my customer. The attached pictures were taken after the second coat but before the wet sand and final coat.

Ok, so this paint looks great when you finally figure it out. Took me quite a few attempts to get it correct though. I found that you only really want to do a max of 2 VERY LIGHT coats to get the desired effect. My one issue with the paint is that the spray head was not the greatest. It is a bit tricky to get a smooth and consistent spray with it. My process was: 1. Wet sand the painting Surface 2. Black primer (x2) - About 10 minutes between coats. 3. Wet sand the primed surface - read the can for the timing here (can't fully remember). 4. Metallic Silver Paint (x2) - About 10 minutes between coats. 5. Candy Grape Shimmer (2 very light coats. Move your hand quickly!) - About 3 minutes between coats. 6. Paint marker for words - Waited 48 hours after the last spray coat. 7. Clearcoat - (x3) 10 minutes between coats. Please keep in mind that if you use too much of the shimmer paint or spray it too thick, it will turn out very dark with basically no shimmer or color to it. Your goal is to spray enough to see the color, but light enough that your metallic coat is not completely covered up by the Shimmer paint. I would highly recommend pairing this paint with Rust-Oleum Metallic Silver paint as a base coat. These hair clippers were a gift to my dad who has been a barber for over 30 years. Though it would be cool to customize them with his favorite color. The clippers are Madeshow m10 clippers from Aliexpress and I think they turned out well using this paint.

We bought these $3.00 Dinosaurs from Target and the gold paint was rubbing off and looked dull. We spray painted them Gold and Purple. 1.) The can has to be shaken VERY WELL or it will come out clear or almost clear. 2.) MULTIPLE COATS might be required, so going slow, do a coat let it dry, do a coat let it dry etc will be best bet. It will time Consuming yes BUT the end result will be gorgeous! These dinosaurs were 100% completely gold, and this Purple spray paint gave 100% full coverage. It's more of a sparkle inside the paint, vs a "glittered" glittery look. So if you looking for "glitter" or bigger "pieces of glitter", I recommend going over your project with a "glitter" spray paint as a top coat. Those "glitter" spray paints usually just provide a glitter overcoat that's see through, so they work perfectly as a top coat. This spray paint however offers 100% complete full coverage.

Gorgeous color

Used this for a cosplay prop and it came out pretty good! I recommend to take your time and be careful because the tip does get clogged. Unclog it then do a test spray and get back to it. I used a glossy clear coat which definitely saved this review. Without that coat this would’ve been a flop. I love how it shines in the light, I would recommend it. My scissor blade did catch some eyes because it wasn’t just a flat glossy red.

I Finally found the perfect green for my steel palm trees after trying a dark green matte color And I need two more cans but they are nowhere to be found except one site where I had to pay $89 for two cans out of desperation. I absolutely love this color because it pops and it went on just fine. I don't understand the bad reviews about the metallic green. Every can of spray paint has residual spray in the air. This went on beautifully and I love the contrast against my privet trees. I think too many people leave bad reviews and they don't know how to use the product and the rest of us suffer the consequence by not being able to find them available anymore. This shimmer candy apple green was a great color. I highly recommend it if you can find it somewhere and you are spraying on steel like I was after I put a base primer on. You can see this color on the left-hand palm trees in the lighter green with a pretty shimmer in the sun.

Great product also quick delivery

Love this product, would definitely use it again