painting a car satin black

[vxlgsi]

Building a new track toy with my bro mk1 nova

got some bubbling on the rear arches so we thought we would tidy it up and paint the whole car satin black, just wondered if the car needs to be primed first or you can just scotchbright it and paint straight on top?

[Drizz]

My caddy is being done satin and my painter told me to DA it and that will be fine for painting Matt/Satin onto.

[vxlgsi]

ah awsome, much cheapness

[Drizz]

Yep, although the local factors charges a fiver for a can of satin lol. Need to research my supplier!

[vxlgsi]

its about £2 a can on ebay, or £12 for 6 etc i just looked myself

[Drizz]

Yeah ive just looked too lmao Ill order some this week and have a go myself...

[hay_lewis_68]

i got told off when i asked about painting my car black lol lmao

will look good black tho. do it satin black with gloss white wheels will look ace

[Benn]

320 or red scotch it and job jobed.

[turbo gav]

Matt black will get a better finish IMO

[Benn]

But looks worse...^

[Melv]

My caddy is being done satin and my painter told me to DA it and that will be fine for painting Matt/Satin onto.

DAing it? What is DA?

[turbo gav]

But looks worse...^

Im a 50/50 on that one, matt is deffo easier

[vxlgsi]

i got told off when i asked about painting my car black lol lmao

will look good black tho. do it satin black with gloss white wheels will look ace

yep we put my white oz rally style rims on it!

[Benn]

DAing it? What is DA?

Da is a sander (air or elec) spinning sander.

Im a 50/50 on that one, matt is deffo easier

Easier yeah, but looks poo.

[Drizz]

What Benn said re DA.
Im still undecided on Matt or Satin...
We used satin to dust it before the final DA session:








And to paint the wheels:






And how it stands ready for my attempt this week:

[Steveocee]

I'm in the middle of matt blacking my corsa (also with gloss white wheels) its easy enough, just flat back the standard paint and paint on top of it.
Matt black is really easy to get a half decent finish

[Benn]

Satin is much easise to keep clean, finger marks wont stay/show up.

[turbo gav]

Easier yeah, but looks poo.

Looks awesome dude.

You will soon make your mind up lmaolmao

[Benn]

I hate matt black cars, dont like it on his either but the car looks cool.

[Cavy-Crazy]

i dont like matt black cars but the only car ive seen matt black was done with a roller:L looks terrible, got pics ill upload soon