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So a while back i got people asking me what kinda spray paint i used and i figured i woull post this up for those of you who like teh flat black rattle can.

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Use the flat black laquer paint cause the enamel one isnt as pretty looking when you spray it (it leaves streaks ;).

Hope that helps some of you wanting to do this.

BTW if you want to do it right, i suggest you sand the car down ( the whole thing ). sand it down till you get all the clear coat off. then if i were you ( and i didnt do this ) i would spray it with a base coat or a primer. then after the promer use the laquer paint and voi-la. you will have a kick ass flat black paint job that probably only cost you no more than 40-50 bucks.

Julio

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wash it with dishsoap first, before sanding. dishsoap strips through the wax, if you have any wax on your car :P
-it will make things a little easier. ;)

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you can wipe it down with prep solv or rubbing alcohol

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keep em coming ;)

thanks for your input guys , im sure our members will appreciate it! :)

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should i flat black my stang? people would get off my nutz for it bein purple then :P

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YES! ;D

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you should get a honda then you wont get made fun of at all

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hahaha that's a good one ... won't get made fun of at all hahahahaha

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i would donate $10 to your rattling canning project of the stang if you post pictures of it


as far as tips for painting go...

if you have access to a DA Sander i'd go over the whole car with it w/ like 240-320 grit to get the clear off, then hose that down, then wipe it off, and then lay down a primer do 2-3 coats of primer and then wet sand w/ 400-800 and then rattle can the flat black and you'll have a nice smooth finish.

only problem i see with this though is that after you take the clear coat off, you're not going to havea nything protecting/sealin the metal, so chances are that your car will probably rust down the road.

If you want to really do a hoodrich,long life flat black job, after you sand the clear off, get a real paint gun and spray a coat of sealer on there and then sand that down and do your flat black.

My 4dr ef will be getting this very shortly (this spring) as soon as all the salt and ---- is off the road and i have some time to do body work(gotta get a trunk, hood, fix rust, body filler, etc) and I think im going to spray a coat of clear over this just to see how it looks.

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I was thinking about flatblacking mine, but i dont think im gonna lower it or anything, just leave it like it is, then turbo (which should be on this weekend)
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...MXk1NDE%3D.jpg

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nice sleeeeeeper

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i shall post a thread about rattle canning teh stang flat-black

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;)

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If anyone thinks they want a Flat color, but not black, they always have the choice of going GANGSTA' OLIVE DRAB. It looks sick on my whip, Y 0. also, your gona wana go over the car with a grease and wax remover and some steel wool to get all the wax off. then your body work etc. any bare metal you are gona wana spray paint with a good sealer. 240 on the palm sander is usually smooth enough for the final coat. (I did 80 and its way too rough, lmao)

Put your cans in a bucket of warm ass water before you spray. This heats them up and the paint comes out quicker and becomes more atomized. the label of the can should be easy to pull off at this point, remove it so it doesn't transfer any water into the paint. The first half of the can comes out real fast and will leave a nice finish, the other half will leave a more rough finish.

Tape lines are your enemy.

Thin coats

It takes about one mildly expensive can of paint per first coat on the right side and left side. one for the roof, one for the hood, one for the front, back bumbers, and hatch. then for the second coat, it will take half as much. This is for a 89 hatch back. its better to do the car in sections, as long as you mask off the previously painted area before you move on to the next. 3 coats is minimum, 4 is ok, 5 is real good.

go over the car with a blow gun first to make sure you get all the dust out of the cracks. I painted my car in my garage, and it turned out great. Do NOT wet the floor down before.


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after your car is done, girls like this will wana ride wit you. ;)

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Spenser you are my ------- hero! nice ------- hatch!!!! im digging the wheels too!
im gonna re do the 4 door so ill do a write up aswell.

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Love is a battlefield ;)

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I used mat black high temp barbeque paint

This ------- ---- is durable as hell, not a single rock chip on my front bumper

I also used a spray gun so it came out perfectly even and only took me 2 quarts mixed with 25% paint thinner to come out easiers total cost was $36 Canadian including sandpaper and a roll of tape

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i take it you bought flat black paint from a paitn shop and not the auto parts store. thats prolly what i'll do next time around. I'll borrow my dads compressor and buy a gun and do it right next time. one section at a time.

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I bought it from Canadian tire, not in the auto paint part though, go to the outdoors/housing sections.

Was just 1/2 gallon cans of mat black barbeque paint for $12.99, only thing was that it had a 6 hour cure, I just left it for like 24 hours, serioulsny not one chip or scratch yet, not even where you stick in your key is scratched

Gravity feed adjustable pressure and ------ paint gun was $24.99 on sale

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heh, on my Sprint i did the rims/gas cap flat black.

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so you bought one 1/2 gallon of paint right? not a bunch of cans that = 1/2 gallon? go a pic of the stuff you useD?

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Spencer: what kind of rims are those. And I'm joining julio pretty soon w/ a flat black '89 lx. Pics to come soon.

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welcome to the flat black side!!!!!! muuhaahahahahahahahah ;D

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1984 Bmw 320 i, or atleast thats the car I pulled them off. I got brand spankin new tires with them too, all for the low price of 50 bucks for the set. The rims also have the most wicked sick offset and make the car look really wide, they rub if you dont do some work to your fenders.
13 inchs baby 8)

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lol, pull your part ?

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no, my drug addicted friend who needed drugs REAL BAD, he bought the bmw for 600 bucks, then traded the car to his 13 year old neibour for a paintball gun, and then he sold me the rims for 50 bucks.

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forget the car, we need some more pictures of that chick :D