my car ready for paint this week, civic 98 LS, i was thinking about s2k berlina black or keep the original paint Flamenco black, but i want something really shiny, what is the shiniest u ever see on a honda?!

Thanks

 

i saw some eg that was black and it had some extremeeeeee gloss to it dude, but it was due to the guy who detailed the car.

 

Mixing KY **** lube with the clearcoat catalyst will yield a shiny and slick finish.

On a serious note, the gloss/shinyness is due to 2 things. The clearcoat itself, and the person doing the cutting and buffing afterwards. So long as you have a professional doing it that takes their time on your car, you will be fine. :0)

 

nice sig lol

 

their is no such thing as a shiny black any black will shine like a mug w 4 coats of clear spray 2 coats have the painter wet sand the car then spray another 2 coats and buff it u will sh*t ur pants.

 

all depends on what clear you use and how well you cut and buff and polish and wax afterwards.

 

hmm thanks guys, my car is oem flamenco black, should i keep it that way?! what about berlina black from s2k?! or nighthawk black?!

 

the kind of black you choose is the basecoat, flamenco black has silver pearl in the base, nighthawk black has blue pearl in the base, i dont know about berlina.

 

If it's black you're after, then just get a straight jet black from HOK or PPG or somewhere, then concentrate on the clear. Those other colors have pearls in them, which is going to make it different.

 

triple black from house of kolor is a very very deep black, its a solid color.

 

I've heard spraying down a white base and then spraying your black base gives it a better pop. I've heard that, never seen it. Go with your factory FBP or there is also a real Pearl Black which is sick, House of Kolor sales it but they don't list just pearl black on their website. All in all a good sand and buff after your paint will make it killer, it will cost you a couple hundred but well worth it.

 

But if you want it to shine and have a crazy depth.Put two wet coats of clear have it sit for a couple days for the solvents to release.Water sand it with a block with patients with 800 or 600 grit whatever you feel most comfortable with until its knocked dull.If your using a high solids clear with a ratio for a example of 2:1 put a bit of reducer by 10%depending on temp too.It will flow out beautiful and you'll have a glass finish with minimal peel and it'll be magnified so deep the reflection you'll be blown away.Not to mention if you watersand and compound on top of it.Real custom paint jobs are done this way but there more money and consume way more time.

 

use straight black if you want a deep, glossy finish. get rid of the metallic flake. we just repainted the engine bay of our race car, 3 to 4 coats of clear and then wetsanded with 1000, 2000 and then polished/buffed and finished with a coat of carnuba.

 

still got some dirt in the clear on that fender :p

 

haha, thanks man.

 

looks great though, did you really cut and buff the engine bay with all those curves? thats crazy, i wonder how long that took.

 

yeah i did. wetsand with 1000, then 2000. then used a dewalt rotary/lambswool, then used a porter cable da/lake country ccs foam pads, then for the tight areas did some hand polishing. used two different menzerna polishes.
here is another picture, by the way this was a garage job. the whole car was painted about 5 years ago, but the engine bay needed a touch up so we just redid the whole engine bay. exterior polish/buff took 26 hours last winter, there were two of us doing the engine bay wetsand/buff this time around, took us about ten hours. sanding the primer is what took the longest, about 15 hours total of just wetsanding with 600.

 

does it have to be ky? or can you use recto-lube?

 

Been wanting to respray my car, but don't want to dish out the dough....

 

thats nuts!!!! my bay needs done bad i got my car repainted but not the bay. SOME day

 

redboost....that is mad shine. almost sue u for blinding me lol

 

Look good. The second photo look like there might be some dust on the paint. I could be wrong because of the photo...

 

thanks guys. the second photo there is some dust but that is on the very outter edge that is underneath the fender that does not show at all when the fender is bolted on.