I would like to see some colors of flat/suede/primer that isnt black. Gray, blue, red, etc. I am trying to get ideas for my 51. I know I want it flat, but not black. So please post some pics.
I believe they make something called flattener that is an additive to paint to make it look flat. I think i saw that in a car magazine somewhere and that would let you paint the car whatever color you want, while keeping it flat looking if i remember correctly. Hopefully theres some paint guys out there who know more about this?
Ya I have heard of that too, I just want to see some ideas of what others have done, so that I can get a mental picture of what I like/dont like.
My car.......I used the Spies-Hecker primer that they use under pearl paint jobs and stuff. Just pour it in your gun, shoot it, and your done. Its high quality stuff too. They got any color you can think of. Nick
From my understanding, what you'll want to do is add a desired amount flex and flat additive to the clear ( depending how shiny or not you want it ). When done this way, the paint job is just as durable as any other paint job except the desired "look" is accomplished.
I thought that combo would cause some space time continum explosion or something. Never thought it would acutaly work. Do you (or anyone else) have any more pics of that techniques end result?
Paints with a lot of pearl in them look cool with flattened clear on them. They really "jump" at night time. Here's my 48 and Fatabone's coupe. Clark
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God, I really dig that look! So there is flattener in the metallic paint and a matte clear coat on top or no clear coat?
I'm still trying to get details on the paint/flattener/ratios used on the '53, from the HAMBer who built/painted it, but here's two shots for contrast anyway. The finish goes very flat/suede in low light (cloudy days), or even under artificial lights. But in full sun, the metalflake really lights up. Night time with flash: Same camera, sunny day. Notice the front of the truck "flattens out" where it is in shadows. Some of that is from being in the shadow (duh), but it's also because the flake isn't being hit. Looking forward to seeing more pics of similar paint technique! -murph
DrJ, I've tried this. If you like swirl and streak marks, it's ok. I've done it with up to 1200 grit. Looks like I ran through a dirt trail with over growth and all the bushes swipped against the car!
I'm thinkin' about tradin' my Elky for a project custom chopped 49 shoebox that hasn't been painted yet. i'm thinkin' a med dark greenish blue suede might look cool.
I got this off the HAMB somewhere, so whoever took the pic or something, is the one that deserves credit, there is also some other pics I was trying to find in a thread here, about taking first ride in their shoebox, I think it had pics of a flat brown and a flat blue shoebox. Heres the pic.
Here is my buddy Terry's car in flat blue. Looks real cool, and a great contrast to the normal flat colors.
This my chevy and =mike='s merc that now belongs to my friend John.. My car is blue primer mixed with white primer to make it the light blue and the top is white primer with pearl added.. =Mike= would know about the merc... all I can tell you is that it was painted in his driveway much to the dismay of some old HAMB'rs ..
If you're going to do the painting, just mix all your paint at one time to keep the flatness consistient.
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