Painting my EK FLAT BLACK.
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Painting my EK FLAT BLACK.
I painted my beater flat black and it came out pretty good. But i didnt sand it down nore do any body work on it.
My EK has no dents on it and the paint is good. but i got in accident last year with it so the back is purple and front end is black.
its basically just my track drag car now. So flat black it is i dont want to waste $$ on a paint job and i love flat black.
Can I get any tips on doing a good paint job? What grade of sandpaper should i use when sanding it down ?
My EK has no dents on it and the paint is good. but i got in accident last year with it so the back is purple and front end is black.
its basically just my track drag car now. So flat black it is i dont want to waste $$ on a paint job and i love flat black.
Can I get any tips on doing a good paint job? What grade of sandpaper should i use when sanding it down ?
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Re: Painting my EK FLAT BLACK. (crazyimport)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crazyimport »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I painted my beater flat black and it came out pretty good. But i didnt sand it down nore do any body work on it.
My EK has no dents on it and the paint is good. but i got in accident last year with it so the back is purple and front end is black.
its basically just my track drag car now. So flat black it is i dont want to waste $$ on a paint job and i love flat black.
Can I get any tips on doing a good paint job? What grade of sandpaper should i use when sanding it down ?</TD></TR></TABLE>
why not just paint the damaged **** flat black to save money not the whole car?
My EK has no dents on it and the paint is good. but i got in accident last year with it so the back is purple and front end is black.
its basically just my track drag car now. So flat black it is i dont want to waste $$ on a paint job and i love flat black.
Can I get any tips on doing a good paint job? What grade of sandpaper should i use when sanding it down ?</TD></TR></TABLE>
why not just paint the damaged **** flat black to save money not the whole car?
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Re: Painting my EK FLAT BLACK. (crazyimport)
Sand each panel with random strokes. Use a good tack cloth and prep each area really well and use light coats. Also It helps to do it one panel at a time. 
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Re: Painting my EK FLAT BLACK. (Quad-Damage)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Quad-Damage »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
why not just paint the damaged **** flat black to save money not the whole car?</TD></TR></TABLE>
the purple is a tri colour paint and hard to match.. and its big bucks. I can get the whole car painted cheaper then just doing the front end purple
so im going to do it flat black for the rest of this year then paint the car next year
why not just paint the damaged **** flat black to save money not the whole car?</TD></TR></TABLE>
the purple is a tri colour paint and hard to match.. and its big bucks. I can get the whole car painted cheaper then just doing the front end purple
so im going to do it flat black for the rest of this year then paint the car next year
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Re: (Built to Spill)
In my opinion do it right and paint it satin flat black!
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish
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Re: (SiR_Mugen_00)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SiR_Mugen_00 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">In my opinion do it right and paint it satin flat black!
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish</TD></TR></TABLE>
yah that looks sick.
i gotta go look around for it
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish</TD></TR></TABLE>
yah that looks sick.
i gotta go look around for it
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Built to Spill »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Holy friggen bling blaw blanngy radiator 
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Re: Painting my EK FLAT BLACK. (DM95eg)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DM95eg »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any update the front was weak i saw no flat black</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: (SiR_Mugen_00)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SiR_Mugen_00 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">In my opinion do it right and paint it satin flat black!
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm planning on doing my car that satin look.Been talkin to my friend who works in a body shop whos gonna do it the right way with a paint gun.He said that you mix Clear and paint together and it comes out like a satin.I'll post pics when hes done.
looks like flat black without the flat but still looks good!
if you've seen the Skunk2 drag cars looks like that finish</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'm planning on doing my car that satin look.Been talkin to my friend who works in a body shop whos gonna do it the right way with a paint gun.He said that you mix Clear and paint together and it comes out like a satin.I'll post pics when hes done.
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Re: Painting my EK FLAT BLACK. (2Point2EH2)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2Point2EH2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">More pics.. </TD></TR></TABLE>
