Collection: Colour Fusion - Powdercoating Sets

Powder Coating Sets of Base Coat and Glaze, Perfectly Matched

When creating a Candy or Cosmic look for the first time, you would normally have to make two separate decisions: which reflective base coat to use and which transparent glaze to apply over it. A glaze is a translucent, tinted coating that allows the underlying base to remain visible. A powder coating set eliminates this selection process by delivering both components perfectly matched to one another.

The advantage lies in the coordinated result. Base coat and glaze create a tuned powder coating set that has been real-world coated and tested, rather than relying on two individual purchases that might not harmonize. Purchasing as a set also saves you up to 10 percent compared to buying the components individually. For example, a complete Candy Gold Set combines a chrome-effect base with a gold glaze, resulting in a deep, vibrant gold tone with mirror-like depth.

Mixing and matching freely is also an option: Over a chrome or silver base, different glazes produce unique shades that you will not find in any standard color range.

Candy Relies on Chrome, Cosmic Uses Silver as a Base

A Candy Set utilizes a base made of chrome powder, while a Cosmic set uses a highly reflective silver base layer made of Silver Substratum. Both are topped with a transparent color glaze that lets the substrate shine through, creating visual depth. With Candy, the underlying mirror effect appears bolder, while Cosmic generates a fine, iridescent metallic shimmer.

The metallic effect of both base coats is not accidental. The effect pigments are permanently bound to the powder grains using a bonding process; this prevents segregation during coating and keeps the color tone and effect consistent. Cosmic builds upon a silver base coat that acts as a bright reflector beneath the glaze, with effect pigment content typically ranging between 1 and 6 percent.

Choose the Candy combination for a deep, reflective chromatic look, or opt for Cosmic Finish Powder Coating Sets for shimmering shades that shift in the light.

Each Layer Is Applied and Cured Separately

Your component goes into the oven for 15 to 20 minutes per layer at 180 °C (356 °F). During baking, the powder melts, flows into a continuous film, and chemically crosslinks; only then does the layer become durable. Base coat and glaze are cured sequentially, not in a single pass.

The critical factor is the object temperature of the workpiece itself, not the set oven temperature; otherwise, overheating can shift the color shade. For permanently stressed or weather-exposed parts, the coating system begins with a primer for adhesion promotion and corrosion protection, followed by the reflective base coat.

The glaze determines the color shade, the base coat provides the depth beneath it, and the clear coat seals the finished result.

Color depth depends heavily on coat thickness—the thickness of the applied coating layer. With translucent glazes, even a minor difference in film thickness causes a noticeable shift in color tone. For this reason, always apply the glaze to a test panel first and evaluate the tone after baking.

If you are coating for the first time, work through the layers step by step and hang the part cleanly to ensure uniform powder deposition everywhere.

For Weather-Exposed Parts, Apply Clear Coat Over the Effect

A glaze alone lacks hiding power. Without a reflective substrate, it has no foundation, which is why a Candy or Cosmic look only works as a two-coat system. If you only need to repair a small flaw, a set is the wrong approach—a matching touch-up pen is sufficient.

Outdoors, a clear topcoat protects the effect against UV radiation and scratching. Bright chrome and silver bases are sensitive; without a protective layer, they quickly show signs of wear. An ultra-clear option like Clear Coat Pro Transparent barely cloud the underlying effect and includes light-stabilizing additives for outdoor use.

For custom one-offs and short production runs, matched powder coating sets offer a practical solution because the results remain reproducible: The bonded base coat delivers the exact same effect on every piece, and the test panel allows you to verify the color tone before full-scale coating. A ready-to-use Cosmic set like Cherry Bomb, for example, pairs a silver base with a red glaze to create a deep, shifting cherry red—whether on a single custom part or a full set of wheels.