Considering Matt Blacking my MK1?

As i need to respray my Mk1 (need to respray arches but exterior of car has been resprayed a non-standard colour I can't match) I was considering matt blacking it for the Rat look.


It's only a 1.3 Golf so not like I'm destroying a Campaign GTI or anything. Has anyone got and pics of a matt black Mk1 as I'm trying hard to visualise it!

 

BRB......

 

Exactly the same thing with my car...except i dont want it matt black my mates do,they think it'l look good, not convinced tbh...i want it a nicer purple or orange

 

muppet - that one looks great, love the bonnet do you know how it was painted?


I've been considering this too, as I really can't afford a proper respray and I reckon this is the cheapest and easyest ways I'll be able to get a vauguely respectable finish - I'll probably be doing it myself with rattle cans

 

Yes yes yes.

 

I'd go for satin black

 

agreed, go with satin black, and have chrome stuff to break it up, that jetta looks amazing!

 

I was thinking about thios at work the other night as I was looking at the front wing, which is matt black already

 

saw that and thought fck thats my old golf

but then looked at the reg a bit more closely,

my old green one was OHU 25Y

 

I've been thinking about doing it to my mk2 for ages now, just need to get around to it really. I saw a pic of a satin black mk4 on the vortex a while back, looked f'kin awesome

 

Must be only me that thinks it looks pooe then

 

i likes

does need something to break it up though?

neil.

 

ta for all the pictures!


Defo tempted now but can't decide between satin and matt. Worried that satin will look like you tried to do a proper respray and just did it badly!


Like mk1vdub said I can't afford a proper respray and figure at about 2 a can for Hycote rattle cans I could make my car look respectable ish for a max of say 40?


I've got chrome trim line to go and chrome handle inserts to break it up a bit, maybe try and do a chrome strip on the bumpers and boot edge too. Got Lupo Sport alloys to go on as well (and yes it needs a damn good drop, going 60mm to start)

 

how would one go bout gettin a matt finish??? is it just not using lacquer???


wouldn't not using a protective top coat leave the paint exposed to the elemnts hence chipping and cracking of the paint after a little while?

 

Well I'm no expert but as I understand only metallic paint need a lacquer, flat colours don't.


As for the Matt paint it comes out matt rather than shiney like your usual spray (same way you get matt and silk emulsions I suppose) but as to why I dunno, sure some paint expert can tell us?


Have sprayed the wheelarch matt black just to cover the filler etc and looks pretty good.

 

primer is soluble?(cant think of the word?) it lets water through basically,not sure on the matt black?

neil.

 

Matt black will look rubbish - go back and look at the MK1 Scirocco - cheap.

The RS125 came out matt black the year after I bought mine and people took great delight in trying the showroom one's for size leaving them covered in fingerprints. What happens when it gets some bird crap on it? Bit hard to "polish" a matt finish methinks...

 

yeah,i wonder how people look after the paint? and keep the finish clean?

matt's like a rough finnish aint it?

neil.

still think it looks good though!
Edited by: riley

 

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