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Larry Watson Rainbows

LARRY WATSON RAINBOWS

Larry Watson was a very skilled painter his technique to make long smooth movements show exceptionally well in his rainbow painted cars.

Larry Watson had developed a technique in which he made huge smooth step making sure his arms would stay level. This technique was developed for covering cars with candy paint in smooth flowing movements. Making sure there was no darker spots. Larry used this technique on the cars he covered with bright candy rainbow fades as well. The candies were applied over pearl or silver metallic paint jobs and blended incredibly smooth.

Below is a selection of some of Larry Watson best rainbow fading paint jobs.

[box_light]This article shows a selection of photos from Watson Rainbow paint jobs. The photos come from the Larry Watson Personal Photo Collection. More on Larry’s personal collection can be found in the Larry Watson section on the CCC-Site. Or on the Custom Car Photo Archive.[/box_light]

 

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Rik Hoving

Rik is the CCC editor in chief. As a custom car historian he is researching custom car history for many years. In 2004 he started the Custom Car Photo Archive that has become a place of joy for many custom car enthousiasts. Here at CCC Rik will bring you inspiring articles on the history of custom cars and builders. Like a true photo detective he will show us what's going on in all those amazing photos. He will write stories about everything you want to know in the realm of customizing. In daily life Rik is a Graphic Designer. He is married to the CCC webmaster and the father of a 10 year old son (they are both very happy with his excellent cooking skills)

One thought on “Larry Watson Rainbows

  • Larry Watson never stopped innovating. Until I went to his museum, I never had any idea about any of his rainbow painted cars. As far as I know, there were never any of them in magazines. Thanks for putting these up!

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