I had always thought about giving my car the old flat black paintjob because it looks awesome and stealthy. Well someone said that flat paint holds in water or something. And water in an EF=rust in an already rust prone car. So that would not be a cool idea. But is it true? I can't think of why it would really. I thought all clearcoat really did was protect against sun damage more than water damage.

 

I agree that flat paint would rust a car. Flat paints can't be waxed like glossy paints, and it is the water repelant quality of the wax that keeps the water from sitting on the paint and penetrating it. Chips in the paint are one thing that can't be avoided with either.

 

Your hatch looks phat white. I think primer will look ghetto but hey it's not my car.

 

rustoleum flat black wont rust ur car i can tell u that mcuh and it wont chip if u put enough coats on it but if u get keyed or it gets scratched u can paint over it and not care and when the car is wet it looks very very nice like it was just painted


[Modified by JdMB16Ahatch, 9:25 AM 3/23/2003]

 

Well my car is Maaco white and I have some rust spots. So whether I bondo them or weld something in either way I'm going to have messed up paint. I've seen nice flat black jobs, they will turn out nice if you don't half *** it.

 

I have to agree with him, about the Rustoleum FB. The guy I sold my slips were painted Rustol flat black and I asked him last week about the paint. He said to me it's still like first day i got it from you, no chip and stuff at all. Mind you, I sold that rims like 8 months ago.

 

Yep i used white rustoleum paint on my crx on rust spots and its holding pretty good after 4 months.