flat black is nasty and looks like sandpaper.

satin black is where its at, like the 2nd picture posted up there.

 

I think I did a good job on my rattle can job too. I just finished painting and I'm going to 2k grit sand it and clear coat it soon. it's bright white II the gold is just frazee paint


Day time pic

when I was done with one side

bad lighting night time pic

(these are call cell phone pix)

 

im with metal though on alot of points.....
being a detailer for a toyota dealership and having to deal with the most NITPICKIEST asian customers, a good washing and claying, buff and polish will fix so many things. hell, we had an old 88 yota 4x4 come in and we had nothing better to do, so 3 of us attacked the thing and detailed it. it came in looking like a typical yota 4x4, it left looking new.
clayed it, decided to wetsand the whole thing using progressive sandpaper steps starting at 1000 all the way to 2000. after that, a 3 stage cut polish and buff, the thing looked like it could be on the showroom floor.

peace

 

my friend/enemy (civic owner) showed me this site

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2132553&page=1

we are doing it to his beater truck in a few weeks so

 

hey eriksseven i just did a krylon semiflat rattle can job. was just wondering, do i just need to polish it
to get the aerosol lines out of it?

 

I did the same rustoleum sprayed on with hvlp paint gun from harbor frieght. After paint and wetsand I used a harbor frieght rotary buffer and the a polishervwith awesome results.

 

Here's a pic

 

holy ******** tuesdays!! i almost wanna call bs on these paint jobs. they are ******* JIZZNESS AWESOME!!!!!

 

Only problem with Rustoleum is it needs to be polished regularly or it will turn dull. It is a soft paint.

 

She's been painted for nearly two months and spent a few weeks outside. Washed it on saturday and it looked great. Besides I paid 500 for her I justify a 3000 dollar paint job.

 

Back from the dead! Glad other people have tried their own version of this.

I will say one thing: if you plan on doing this, don't skimp on the quality of the paint! It didn't take long for the finish to dull. As they say: I was young, dumb and full of ... you get the idea.

In hindsight I would have used better paint and more of it. I used the absolute cheapest **** at the store. I put in 110% effort on prep and cheaped out on the paint. Dumb.

My father still drives the black FC and it has really taken on a "rat rod" look in the years he has owned it. Engine still strong and fun to drive, though!

 

Man, this thread makes me miss all the old guys. '08 was a good year.