ok im thinking about painting my 94 ram flat black. i was just wondering if anybody knew anything about flat black and how to prevent it from fading easy because i heard it will. or if there is any flat black paint that will last. if anybody has any info on flat black paint and painting with flat black or anything about flat black paint at all will help. experience will help as well.


Thanks

 

I'm just curious, but how would a flat color fade? I could understand a semi-gloss or high gloss, but flat? Flat black would be pretty awesome though. I always wanted to get a Grand National T Type and paint it flat black.

 

yeah those grand nationals are so badass!
theres an older man that lives near me that owns one, everytime i see it at the gas station i compliment him! lol

 

Flat black spray paint has a tendency to "whiten" when it's left in direct sun alot. You can go to your local automotive paint supplier and buy hotrod black. It's flat and designed to not have any gloss.

 

Alright man thanks ill deff check it out. do you think the hot rod paint will whiten as well?

 

We use regular black auto paint and hit it with a matte clear afterward when painting motorcycles. Most of the reputable brands allow you to adjust how flat you want your clear to be by how much of the one chemical you mix in - too flat and it will go white upon curing, too little and it will look satin or gloss. Any good brand won't fade - assuming you put a clear coat over it.

As cool as a flat black paint job looks, its a big pain to keep clean. Best way we recommend to clean it is to use a windex solution and a microfiber cloth.

 

We used kirker hot rod black on our 3000gt. It is hard to lay it right if your are looking for a flawless finish. It will fade if you park it out in the sun. If it is garaged, under a airport, etc you should be fine.

 

And by airport, I meant carport. Damn auto correct on my phone. Lol.

 

i painted my first 95 dodge flat black and it came out good and i used 95cent cans of spray paint u can check out the pics. but mine took about a year to fade. but use duplicolor spray cans cause it doesnt fade for a long time. but is 5$ a can

 

I should have added to my first post - if you want to protect your flat black with a rattle can matte finish, lowes sells a can labeled just that: "Matte Clear". You'll need lots and need to really spray a good fog of it, but it works well.