Comments on: Creating a Matt black paint finish

By: Dragos

Dragos — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:37:11 +0000

Great info. I think my matt black isnt coming out ok because of the well polished primer. I will try and lay another coat and paint over it

By: Pedro Antunez

Pedro Antunez — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:44:48 +0000

Hey well my names is Pedro im sixteen and for now five years ive been working along side my father over here in Long Beach California….Well ever since i worked there ive always wanted to try to learn how to paint and do custumisin hoping that one day i can put my own Auto costum shop ….just wanna where did u guys learn how to lay the paint… how can i learn to custumise paint jobs and all the cumising?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:10:52 +0000

Don’t use a gloss car paint, you might find that a thick coat of primer, then sand the primer with a coarser grade of wet and dry and then an application of Matt finish car paint will give the look you are after. Spraying matt on a gloss will usually produce a shinyish matt which is not what you are after. Join http://www.TorqueCars.com forum and ask there – they have some sprayers in their member list and I get quite a few tips and pointers from them.

By: Mario Vella

Mario Vella — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:12:12 +0000

This website is great… well done… was reading the article about the matt black finish… right now i am restoring and modifying a bit the look of a 2dr classic range rover, and the owner wants it to have a matt look. the problem is every sample i spray tested on the vehicle, the color comes a bit glossy just the same and the owner is not happy cause he wants to hide certain warpings on the sides of the vehicle. I am using an HVLP gun , but still not happy with the ending result.. roamed the www for days but without success… any ideas !!! thanks

Mario from Malta.