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The Pretender
June 22nd, 2008, 17:34
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Matt Black. :love:
Jarod.
Leadfoot
June 22nd, 2008, 18:27
Has the supercar world all went Matt finish on us. :doh:
The Pretender
June 22nd, 2008, 18:28
Has the supercar world all went Matt finish on us. :doh:
Better then all the white car out there. ;)
Jarod.
gnomik007
June 22nd, 2008, 22:25
i heard that it is a pain to look after matt coloured paints, is this the case? I saw a few examples in Moscow on M6 and Cayenne Turbo and saw matt black G55 in London that looked absolutely stunning. Whats the way to get matt black on a car?
Benman
June 23rd, 2008, 23:14
The matt black really suits the GT-R, love it.
i heard that it is a pain to look after matt coloured paints, is this the case?
I would imagine so. We once had to refinish a Isuzu "Ironcross" SUV thing they cam out with way back. The hood was matt finish. You can not polish out imperfections in the paint, and can not polish out scratches without ruining the matt finish (polishing or buffing brings up the shine level). I am not sure if I would want to own one unless it was just wrap like Gote has on his M3.
Ben:addict:
ringtaxi
June 24th, 2008, 02:44
In my opinion matt black paint that Lambo people have just started to offer in 3 colors (white, black, brown) as a factor option is so unsual that it really makes the car look out of this world. We are not used to it so it looks good. I personally do like it a lot, but I have thought about if it would be realistic. The matt paint since it does not have any clear coat, would be very hard to maintain because any scratches how ever minor would show very clearly since you cannot buff out the clearcoat surface scratches from it. In addition any touch up paint will be very hard to blend since you would have to do the entire area of detail. The only advantage (if you can call it that) might be that once you do paint the area of detail, it would match well so long the sun has not worn out the other surfaces too much. My 2 c worth.
Benman
June 24th, 2008, 18:11
The matt paint since it does not have any clear coat...
Minor correction.
Matt finish paints do have clear coats for UV protection. It is the clearcoat that has the "matt" additive (usually called "flattener agent") put in. But yes, you are correct, buffing it completely messes up the finish (but does zero damage to the actual paint). :cheers:
Ben:addict:
ringtaxi
June 24th, 2008, 20:48
Minor correction.
Matt finish paints do have clear coats for UV protection. It is the clearcoat that has the "matt" additive (usually called "flattener agent") put in. But yes, you are correct, buffing it completely messes up the finish (but does zero damage to the actual paint). :cheers:
Ben:addict:
I stand corrected
Thanks