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. 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.
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