Flat Black
 

Need some info on satin/flat black paint. Chip easy? Show dirt easy? Can you wax it? Just some all around info, I'm very tempted to get it painted completely flat black. Maybe some velocity red accents on the hood, evil M badges, few other spots. Lemme know what you think and help me make my decision!

Looks like an unfinished paint job IMO. Even exotics don't look good flat...

Basically it's a two stage paint job. If you want to do it right. Put down a base color, black for instance. Then it has to be shot with a clear coat.
Now clear coats are high gloss. So you'll have to add a flattening agent into the clear. When your done you'll have a Satin Black car. With all the characteristics of a normal High Gloss paint job. You'll be able to wash and wax the same as any other High Gloss clear coated car.
Just remember that if your doing additional colors and they have to be clear coated they will be Satin also. Unless you mask them separate and shoot them with High Gloss. Also remember if you do that you will have paint edges between the colors.

Im really diggin how these cars look, i think it would look killer on a RX8, plus, im all about the unique!

wondering how long it will take for pic of flat black widebody 8 with gold wheels to show up ....

You mean the one that was primered and high gloss coated later? :wiggle:

i have that pic somewhere

Attachment 274996

Attachment 274997

found it

murdered out!

just get it vinyl wrapped
looks just as good, cheaper, and can be removed if you get sick of it or want to sell your car

this is vinyl wrapped:
http://i43.tinypic.com/1z55deq.jpg

oh and that top pic dozer posted is not flat black..it's primer
a real flat black paint job doesn't look that dull or gray

flat black is siick...
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/res...an-GT_R-03.jpg

the graffiti in the back makes that car look bad ass

Hella fresh

http://www.vendettacycles.com/vendet...black_side.jpg

:cool:

Have ya'll seen these paint jobs in person?

Why am I the only one that thnks they look like dull unfinished jobs :wallbash:

dude that actually what im gonna do to my bike :)...need to finish getting all the old paint off first

yes
I am a painter...in fact I did a little flat painting today on a truck. It wasn't black, but a graphite color tho.

not everyone is going to like the look of it, don't stress out over it

+1

I personally like the stealthy look of flat black - at night the car is damn near invisible even passing by lights - it'll just look like a really fast shadow.

I want to know what it feels like to enjoy this color :(

lol... I'm going to go ahead and stop drinking for tonight.

I prefer matte white, it's more unique IMO, and flat/matte black paint jobs are getting played out. Also there is a difference between flat black and Matte black. Matte looks much better.

This is what a matte black paint job should look like IMO:

FiveAxis IS-F bitches

http://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/...roject_193.jpg

i like my gtr better =P

This is just evil. :bowdown:

^that's badass!

it's the devil's car....