Where to start? Where to start! I have been the proud owner of SunShine since mid 2007. I have always admired the flashy looking cobalts, and the sleeper's as well, but I have always seen my final product being a "DIY Crylon Special"! I have come to the conclusion that I want to paint my hood/trunk flat black...professionally... and I know that I am going to get flamed for immatating all the cf products out there..but cf is just not my style. I was just wondering if there is anyone out there who has painted any major part of the cobalt Flat black. any pics would be appreciated and all flame throwers are expected.....Here are a few pics of my car to give you a better grasp of the direction that i am going...Maybe. Thanks for all the help in advanced

 

I painted my entire car flat black.

 

theres a kid on here with a full flat black car... looked pretty ****

 

i've seen pics of that flat black cobalt. looks sick as hell.

 

I thought that I saw that on here a while back.... though it may have been on cardomain .... sick

 

if you did the trunk and hood i would do the roof as well

 

Thank's for in input may consider ....

 

x2 do the roof

i was actually thinking of doing something similar so if you do it lmk how it turns out

 

Will do give me about 2 weeks to gather my thoughts and decide to go for it.

 

i painted my dash trim, nothing major but it looks pretty bad ass

 

I think its stupid to paint major body panels flat black, unless your paint your entire car flat black. Flat black accents are cool, but a flat black hood next to a glossy fender just seems dumb to me. im 2-toning mine as well, buts its gotta be gloss black for me. The glossier and shinier and slicker the better.

 

If you wanna do the whole hood, do a pinstripe of your stock color around the outside. That's how the muscle cars of the late 60s and early 70's did it. That will make it look clean and finished. That flat black car has me thinking very dirty thoughts . . .

 

Well then....Anyone have any thoughts on what paint to use for this? Im thinking too hard about this,my car is already black so it wouldnt be a big deal really.

 

Well, there are several options for that type of look. There isn't a cheap way to do it right though. You could vinyl wrap the car. That's what a lot of these Euro cars are doing. It acts as a paint protector, plus you get the hardcore flat black look. I've seen varying prices, but you're probably gonna spend close to $2k or more. Then there are two paint options; You could have your car wet sanded and then painted with a satin clear. It would be just like normal paint, except you don't wax it. The other way is to just have your car painted with a flat paint (NOT PRIMER). You could check out Hot Rod Flatz for that.

 

Is it possible to get more pics of the car during the day

 

your car is sick as hell

 

thanks buddy

 

Okay, OP. SICK CAR.

Flat black car. SICK.

 

I think if you just do that it will end up looking unfinished. Mask off some stripes before painting it.

 

Flat is usually a lot more than a normal paint job. The "flat" that I have used is from PPG and if you mess up any part you have to start over on the whole part. It's not like normal gloss clear where if you get a run, you can simply sand it down and wheel it out. Also, at least with the PPG clear I've sprayed, it is very hard to keep your "wet edge." With it being "flat" there is such a slight difference in the look from the base to the clear.

 

wheres the steven flit guy his car is sick..

 

I still feel like most people will simply think that your not done painting it. Or went broke half way through the process.

 

I have never understood this logic AT ALL. How on earth is a flat paint job any more than a gloss one? If anything, it should be less because you don't have to go through the wetsanding and polishing stage. I understand the issue with not being able to fix runs in the clear, but a good sprayer should be able to avoid that. Otherwise, the process is exactly the same up to the clear, same prep and everything.

 

requires more skill, then a "normal paint job", that and its harder to paint as said above already

 

How does it require more skill? And how is it harder to paint? It's just like painting a metallic or a candy, you can't spray to heavy or you will get tiger stripes. It's the same process. You mix the materials, you put the materials in the gun and you spray. That's it. I've done it, it's not a big deal.