matt / satin car paint
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absolutely you can, if its a metalic/pearl you can have a matting agent added to the clearcoat or into the colour if its a solid you're after. Any reasonable trade paint supplier can do this . They should also be able to do it to varying degrees of matt finish .its peasy to spray the only thing to be carefull of, is over wetting the paint or using too fast a thinner but the supplier ought to be able to advise based on manufacturers recomendations
PH_Scooby said:
No help at all, but a nice picture
a wrap may be cheaper than a full respray?
Sorry, but this whole matt / satin thing is a great idea that has gone too far now. The novelty is lost, and that Lotus doesn't look nice IMO.a wrap may be cheaper than a full respray?
Thankfully most of these cars have been wrapped and nt painted, but matt black is as uncool as citine yellow became in the 90's and reiger wide arch kits.
The matt thing looked cool on some exotics, but is now more common and on less special cars. Done.
Matt white? Maybe that has some age left, but not much ... Hope the gloss white trend sticks for a little while longer as I'd love my next car to be white.
mat205125 said:
PH_Scooby said:
No help at all, but a nice picture
a wrap may be cheaper than a full respray?
Sorry, but this whole matt / satin thing is a great idea that has gone too far now. The novelty is lost, and that Lotus doesn't look nice IMO.a wrap may be cheaper than a full respray?
Thankfully most of these cars have been wrapped and nt painted, but matt black is as uncool as citine yellow became in the 90's and reiger wide arch kits.
The matt thing looked cool on some exotics, but is now more common and on less special cars. Done.
Matt white? Maybe that has some age left, but not much ... Hope the gloss white trend sticks for a little while longer as I'd love my next car to be white.
Wizzbilly, you can either take colour tips from the obvious fashion expert above, or you could go to House of Kolor's UK site and buy some flattening agent, which works on most of their standard colours:
http://www.houseofkolor.co.uk/products_special.htm
Alternatively, look into agricultural vehicle paint, it often comes in flat colours and is very long lasting.
thanks for that , i am after a profeshniol finish not something that looks like it was done because it was cheap lol .
black looks ok but seams everyone has it , was thinking a dark grey but easy enough to sparay , i pick stuff up quick and have done spraying furniture for few years on and off , so the basics should be there .
i do like white but to be honest its not what i wont on this project .
was thinking anlong the lines of real dark grey or blues etc
have looked at some marine paints and some stuff called rustlolim but there choice of matt finshs are not very good there only a few .
black looks ok but seams everyone has it , was thinking a dark grey but easy enough to sparay , i pick stuff up quick and have done spraying furniture for few years on and off , so the basics should be there .
i do like white but to be honest its not what i wont on this project .
was thinking anlong the lines of real dark grey or blues etc
have looked at some marine paints and some stuff called rustlolim but there choice of matt finshs are not very good there only a few .
here we go again , how about you find something else to do with your time like go wash your alfa or you scared your hand may fall through the bodywork .
have read through this thread
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
have read through this thread
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by wizzbilly on Sunday 19th October 15:50
few pics for sort of couler i am after ,
anyone no what the top couler would come close to , what would i be best searching for or ordering .
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anyone no what the top couler would come close to , what would i be best searching for or ordering .
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