Flat-Black goodness

I don't like this new "flat black" trend at all. It's a poor excuse for a flawless finish. Unfortunately, I'm seeing it more and more. :down
 
mborner said:
I don't like this new "flat black" trend at all. It's a poor excuse for a flawless finish. Unfortunately, I'm seeing it more and more. :down
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...and as far as I now there is no way to correct any defects. Once it gets scratched you have to repaint it as any buffing will add gloss.
 
To each his own, but I can't stand it. The hood of that Lambo looks like it's covered in dust that someone tried to wipe off with their hand in a couple of places. Nasty.
 
Everyone's entitled to their opinion...





I did mine with the John Deere Blitz Black paint, for a couple reasons:

The factory paint from 1977 was trashed and scratched beyond any correction possible.

I wanted the satin black look.

The JDBB paint is damn near indestructible. It's had gasoline, power steering fluid, ATF, coolant, bird poo, and almost every other contaminant possible, and it all just rinses off.

I needed a cheap paint job.





Overall, I'm really happy with how mine came out, and I've done the same treatment to 3 other friends' cars. Am I saying that it's the best paint in the world? No. Am I saying that it accomplishes what I wanted? Absolutely. I get a lot of compliments on it, and to be honest, I love how low-maintenance it is. I really just wash it, and dry it off. I can spend more time detailing my clients' cars, instead of spending it on my own car.





Just my $0.03.
 
A guy on a forum I am on did it to his 300C. He later went jet black, but I thought it looked pretty good in flat-black.



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