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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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After wetsanding and scrathing up my crappy rattle can job i decided to do another flat black job with better paint (wont be able to afford a real paint job for a month or so). my camera is kinda old and isnt very good.

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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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nice
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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IMO its too flat.. semi flat wouldve looked better..gj on your DIY
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:14 PM
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looks good for a DIY but i hate flat black cars.
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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flat black is sick
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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post in the team flat black thread yo
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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looks pretty good.
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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looks alright...
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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totally crap!
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 09:56 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by opiumdaze &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IMO its too flat.. semi flat wouldve looked better..gj on your DIY</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah i know what you mean. I wish it were more black if that makes sense. Its almost a dark gray.

thanks for the comments
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by opiumdaze &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IMO its too flat.. semi flat wouldve looked better..gj on your DIY</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah with some gloss it would look 10x better.
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:01 AM
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pics of b4?
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatch34 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">flat black is sick</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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looks better than before
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ECAhatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pics of b4?</TD></TR></TABLE>



rain makes it look much better. it was uneven because it was rattle canned. i took a chance and wetsanded to even it out but it took off some paint, even with 2000 grit. so i decided to use better paint and spray it which is what i wanted to do originally.

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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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being too flat it looks similar to gray primer..
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 11:34 AM
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looks kinda like mine only I have wet sanded twice and already glazed once. time for final coat.
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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yea is too flat , try satin black ..proly come out better
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by efboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea is too flat , try satin black ..proly come out better
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yeah thats what im kinda thinking now. it does look like primer, especially from a distance.
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 04:52 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 05:11 PM
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Nice paint job. Really cheap.


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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 05:26 PM
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you did a good job man
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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it looks straight for a do it your self job
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Old Jun 27, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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