Does anybody have any pictures of a flat black paint job. These paint jobs are typically found on older custom hot rods (with the flames down the front and side).

I have seen a picture a while ago but was curious if there is a clear coat to it? Even though its a matte black color?

 

sorry no pic but I wanna see it too and I have pondering this for a while.

 

I belive Sport Compact Car magazine i doing up a mini cooper and they painted it flat black metalic looks nice IMO

 

in a flat black paint job i dont think you would use clear coat, i think that would defeat the pupose of flat black as the clear coat adds gloss

 

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Thats true. I wonder what problems can arise from having a flat black paintjob like stains, etc.

 

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You should try it. It would go nice with the rattle-canned Type R wheels.

 

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You should try it. It would go nice with the rattle-canned Type R wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would but I bought a B18C instead of a B16 and I am kind of short on funds.

hey post a pic of your car even if it doesn't relate to the topic of the thread.

 

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I would but I'm buying turbo parts and kind of short on funds.



Modified by KOALA YUMMIES at 8:02 PM 10/2/2003

 

i did this and painted the 5th gen hatch flat black, stripped the whole thing, all lights, bumpers, skirts, mirrors, door jam trim etc. masked it up sanded, and patined the whole thing, turned out really well, unfortunately don't have pics up yet. As for professionally doin it, i did my reasearch and was pretty price, believe it or not "like the flat color hot rod look" from what i hear they use a clear coat so that the raw paint doesn't scratch easy like chalkboard, like my hatch does, but what they do they put a "flattening agent" in the clear so it lays the clear coat but comes out flat/matt so the apearance is pretty much the same if you were to do it yourself like i did, but then i found out the flattening agent alone for the body shop to use is $500 (canadian funds) on top of paint and labour etc. so i just said F*&% it and did it myself.

 

 

Actually a lot of mini truckers do this, and there actually is a paint made specifically for the purpose of having a flat black exterior that will act like normal car paint. Dupont makes it and the code for it is DP90LF if you want flat black, and regular primer gray is DP50LF.

It is a hard-epoxy based non-sanding primer that has sealing properties, preventing it from flaking and coming off in a car wash. It will be more expensive than the krylon route, but if you are gonna do it, you might as well do it right.

 

Still thinking about it huh? I'd say go for it as long as it can be done very cleanly.

 

most paint companys do make a matte or flat clear coat to protect the color

 

I'm gonna use the napa TEC base stuff to do a matte finish on my hatch. It won't be black, probably non-metalic dark blue or dark olive green with dark green metalic w/ the matte clear

 

very sick!

 

That looks like a rattle can job. The professional jobs look way better

 

 

i love that color

 

Tahst going too far, flat black lips and stuff r one thing, but going to pay to get your car painted that is another.

 

that looks weak It's not that hard to get a good finish even with a spray bomb. It's all spotty. No Good IMO

 

Actuailly the old street rods use a satin black, not flat

 

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This is what Im talking about. Not a rattle can job

 

I'll try and take a pic of my friends. His isn't black, it's some army green with the matte finish

 

heres a pic of my "professional" paintjob.


Yager-

 

I saw a silvia on ebay a while back that had a 'ducati/gunmetal' paintjob. it was money, but I can't find a pic.