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Street Slang
candy paint
· phrase · texas
Translucent wet-look paint job in Skittle-bright colors — the defining finish of a Houston slab.
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A multi-layer translucent paint finish — typically a metallic base coat under several coats of tinted clear — that makes a car look glassy, jewel-toned, and a foot deep. Reds, blues, greens, oranges so bright they look digital. Born in West Coast lowrider culture, perfected in Houston on slabs, and immortalized in tracks like Paul Wall's 'Sittin' Sidewayz.'
“Candy paint so wet it looks like the car's still drying in the sun.”
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candy paint In A Sentence
Candy paint so wet it looks like the car's still drying in the sun.
Origin & Usage
1960s American hot-rod and lowrider scene; adopted and elevated by Houston slab culture from the '80s onward.
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