ahoy there chaps and chapettes, long time no....um...post i guess.
Ill cut to the chase, im going matte black!!
anyone have any advice or experince with spraying matte-ness?
Ive become a fan of "murdered out" cars and so its time for the mini to change, gone will be the the blue purple flip and flames!!
trent a licious

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This is my experance and about to get worse

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

The first thing to learn is that it is spelt "matt" not "matte" (this is the correct Australian/English, so when you use Google or Wiki to prove me wrong you will still be wrong)
The second thing is that matt black is very easy to paint and will look real classy off the gun but it only takes a week or two and the car will look totally crap. It looks all patchy and the dirt will get into the paint and it will never look right again. But don't let me stop you.

do it in chalk board paint then you can be more creative from day to day

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

It is actually way more Matt Black than it looks in the photos, for some reason it looks a bit shiny hey? (don`t ask me how to paint tho, i`m a dam good brain surgeon for a painter)

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

even if i use a flattening agent in a clear coat?!?!

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here some "inspirations"

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Just spray it in flat black primer, thats what i did on my mini many moons ago.
Does look grubby after a while, but looks tough too.

if you don't want to drive your car, just leave it in a showroom matt black will be fine, in the real world it looks very ordinary very quickly. I like the idea though

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

on a similar topic I just had a quote to have mt car painted in a three stage pearl, he doesn't want me to do any prep work (wants to be sure its done right,) materials and labour included by a qualified spray painter : and the price???


$1200

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

I was reading about matt paints on a hot rod forum a while back and people where saying that a satin or suede finish was a better choice as it lasts longer than flat or matt. This may just be one of those things where people in other countries call things different things.

I was thinking about matt khaki green for the van when I was working out colours.

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well i went matt, some of you may have seen it at minishow in the carpark, but i finally got around to taking a couple of pics last night while i was waiting for rove to finish and californication to start, will take more once i put the window tinting in

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looks good!

goes stunningly well with the wheels. great job!

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

I like it, looks sort of sinister in a small cute way!

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Im here to learn!

i'm a bit late for inspirations.. we'll call them re-inforcements

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