I've concluded, ss paint needs the sun

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xinkid

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By that, I don't mean ss paint needs to fade. It's just ironic that ss paint doesn't have the reflectivity of b/c. So, it was really obvious to me that only under very bright and sunny light that well detailed ss paint will show its stuff. I've also noticed that they don't look particularly good under shaded areas if the it's very bright outside of the shade. This is with a carnauba wax. Perhaps sealants will do different tricks on ss?



Anybody else have a ss paint car they play with?
 
The red car is SS and the Black car is Clear Coated. I have used POR85rd on the black car with RMG/PS as a LSP for several years now and really like the combo. When I tried the same combo on the red SS paint I wasn't nearly as impressed. I ended up try several difference sealants and end with RMG and Trade Secrets so far. SS paints will clean up nice and have a really deep shine, the only thing I don't like is the mess polishing with the paint staining your pads. I think color is the biggest factor in the way paint reacts to a LSP.



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Most hotrod guys you ss because you can color sand and buff the thing until you go through the paint. BC/CC you usually don't have as much material on the vehicle so you can't work with it as much. Another thing about ss is that black can really look good but it is kinda soft. It is easy to manage but also easy to damage. Usually white ss is very hard and alot of times you have trouble buffing and things like that. To really get ss to layout and shine is an art. Alot of people don't spray it anymore because of that reason. I tell you something else that looks good is doing both. Spraying single stage and putting clear over it.
 
my car is ss red, too. I used #81 and natty's blue. It looked really rich and quite deep I think. But no where near the reflectivity of b/c. I say this because I was walking back to my car the other day, this guy passed by and was staring at the paint, not the car but like staring into the paint. it was a VERY sunny day in Austin. In my dark garage, my wife's swirled up, dusty dark blue b/c sentra looks more reflective.



Perhaps different LSPs for different lighting conditions? I remember JW Prime was reflective on the car but I wanted to use Meg's "trade secret oils" to fill up the pores in the original paint. Maybe their marketing got me, heh.. :dunno:
 
I spent 30 hours polishing the paint. I think the paint is quite well prepped. This morning I noticed it looked very slick, much slicker than the b/c car but when there is a lack of light to reflect off the paint like when the paint is in the shade and the reflections are also in the shade, the b/c will look much more reflective. In the full sun, completely different story. The b/c car looks like crap because of the dirt and the dealer detail induced swirl city. Anybody seen what I'm talking about?
 
xtremekustomz said:
I tell you something else that looks good is doing both. Spraying single stage and putting clear over it.
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:spit: Thats what clear coat painted cars are.....
 
They say clear is designed as a barrier for the base coat and actually takes away from the clarity of a color. I was told that single stage black is the blackest black there is? Any thoughts? I personally think clear is a PITA.
 
Coupe said:
:spit: Thats what clear coat painted cars are.....
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Actually base coat/clear coat involves putting a color on (the color dries dull, not shiny like single stage) and then putting a clear over the top of it to make it shine. A single stage paint shines without putting a clear over the top of it. There aren't many people that spray clear over single stage paint but it does look very good. On some bc/cc jobs I've seen where on the last coat of clear mix in some of the base and it REALLY gives it some depth.
 
David Fermani said:
They say clear is designed as a barrier for the base coat and actually takes away from the clarity of a color. I was told that single stage black is the blackest black there is? Any thoughts? I personally think clear is a PITA.
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I know that the black on my truck isn't as black as some single stage paints so I would agree.
 
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