MATT Paint work????

"black blitz" from John Deere tractors









Nice and cheeeap

 

matey is right its not the paint but the prep that counts i was very fussy bout this coz you dont want it messin about

i palm sanded the whole car with 120 (after deleting rear seals and badges, wiper and washer, rolled arches etc.)

all grease and dust must be gone then paint away

it does look damn good

i am lovin the OAKGREENNEWCOMER paint its got that uber military style are you stickin with the steels ?

i was very close to going matt blue but stuck to mi guns

good to see some UBER RATTS

 

where can i get a colour chart for matt colours???? i dont really wanna do black cuz you see so many matt black cars i just think somehting different would be more me stand out a bit! any ides?

 

yep the steelies are staying.
it was a fairly mint oak green 16v but didnt want a show car so sprayed it matt green stripped the interior down to a steering wheel and some seats and plan to track next season!

 

try your local paint mixin hardware shop

 

I didn't realise there were so many matt black mk2s, we should set up our own club.

This is my one




The paint was done over two years ago now, and is only now starting to look a little tired, I'll probably give it a freshen up at the beginning of next year. Spraying is easy enough, to get a decent finish you need to spend time on the prep. I done all of mine with 1.35 spray cans from the local hardware shop.

 

oh yes i have been perving on yours for a while now


own club yeah! at least our own thread

 

i wanna matt black mk2, one day rodney one day!

 

Cool, nice to know someone other than myself likes what I have done.

Have you got any pictures of yours?

Have you put that wax on yet? I'd be interested to know how it goes.

 

You're all fooking mad!!

I've just spent the best part of 4hrs wax prepping my paintwork before lavishing it with a fancy carnuba wax sealant to silly sheen proportions, and everyone's matt finishing!!

 

how easy is it to matt paint a car, keep looking on this and keep thing of doing, has any 1 done a cabby yet lol

 

That's why I like having matt paint, only need to spend half an hour on i to get it clean, plus it's easy to touch up and make small repairs.

It's not hard at all. You'll need to rub down the entire car with wet and dry, I used 400 grit but I've heard of others using anything from 800 grit to 120 grit. Once you've rub it down, make sure the entire car is cleaned so there is no dirt or dust. Then mask around to rubbers, it helps if you can remove as much trim as possible. I sprayed a couple of layers of grey primer first, then about 6 layers of matt black. You get a better finish if you do it indoors, sun light drys the paint out too quickly and leaves it patch. Also, avoid spraying on humid days as this also affects the finish.

With regards to Caddys, there a few that have been done, they are probably one of the more common cars to do, but they do look good.

 

I would love to do mine in mat red. But i have not got the balls to do it

 

Well i started to prep mine 2day, got p**ed of with body shops messing me abouit so i have changed my mine and going matt or satin black now.

 

does anyone think that a matt colour expect black would look good? going back to the old skool, bout 1995 i think was the era. thought about a matt peach colour what do others think.

please comment on this as its doing my head in.

 

i thought about matt blue with black bonnet and roof , i think that off whhite you get on new minis would look great in matt

the idea has great potential

 

i thought about matt blue with black bonnet and roof , i think that off whhite you get on new minis would look great in matt

the idea has great potential

 

Hi guys a have found a brilliant ebay shop that sells matt black paint quite cheap ( a lot cheaper than rattle cans)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cellulose-Car-Paint-MATT-BLACK-TOP-COAT1lt_W0QQitemZ280167339582QQihZ018QQcategoryZ30923QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

 

I am gonna do mine Matt /satin black too, its the way forward. anyone got a satin black one on here?

 

Just done finsihed my cabby in satin





i'll have more pics up soon