ive been thinking about painting my car satin black...

what i want to know is can regular base paint be used as a satin color??? if we were to spray the semigloss/matte clear?

i wanted to use Nighthawk Black Pearl...ive seen the paint laid down and it looks like a satin finish...up until you lay down the clear...

 

all basecoat dries to a matte finish, I would just use a straight black base, rather than the nighthawk black, because the pearls will still show up even if you use the matte finish. Use the mercedes 99k black colour. It will show up with a flat finish if you use the matte clear.

Personally I would just go buy hotrod black, its specifically designed for that look, and you already have to buy paint.

-Brad

 

i was kinda digging the fact that the pearls would show thru...will it still show up as a matte color?

and the hotrod black thing, is there a specific color code...

 

bump..

 

most people will know what hotrod black is.

But if you just clear a straight black with a matte clear it will be a semigloss black....which is what you want.

Personally I would only do a semigloss/matte colour on an old 50's chev sled.