ellena my new wagon

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:15 pm

my mates plymouth been in flat paint (acrylic with flattener) from bear metal atleast 6-7 years never seen the inside of a shed or carport and still as good as the day it was put on

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:01 pm

Must be a better brand of acrylic than what dad got for my sisters wagon. After 3 years it went from purple to nearly white, it went really chalky. The car is in central Vic and sits under a carport.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:19 pm

protec

EKjimmy · Post by **EKjimmy** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:00 pm

hmm i think i'd rather stick with gloss, i don't like the idea of not being able to polish my car! haha
Jimmy

matchew · Post by **matchew** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:10 pm

EKjimmy wrote:hmm i think i'd rather stick with gloss, i don't like the idea of not being able to polish my car! haha
Jimmy

i can polish the roof and the chrome

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:41 pm

EKjimmy wrote:hmm i think i'd rather stick with gloss, i don't like the idea of not being able to polish my car! haha
Jimmy

jimmy you can polish my car

i hate doing it

hence the flat paint on my cars i don't even like washing them

Cal · Post by **Cal** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:56 pm

Devilrod wrote:Must be a better brand of acrylic than what dad got for my sisters wagon. After 3 years it went from purple to nearly white, it went really chalky. The car is in central Vic and sits under a carport.

Might be a silly question, but isn't there a matt (flat) clear available that still keeps the flat look, though still protects the base coat ?

matchew · Post by **matchew** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:04 pm

Cal wrote:
Devilrod wrote:Must be a better brand of acrylic than what dad got for my sisters wagon. After 3 years it went from purple to nearly white, it went really chalky. The car is in central Vic and sits under a carport.
Might be a silly question, but isn't there a matt (flat) clear available that still keeps the flat look, though still protects the base coat ?

yes there is but still give s it a certain shine, i personally dont like a slight shine, if im gona have gloss i want full gloss but if im gona have flat then i want full flat none of this inbetween crap.
im happ to give it a quik coat every now and again if thats what it needs and if i get sik of it ill jus put a few coats of clear on top and buff that up and voila shiny paint

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:00 pm

Cal wrote:
Might be a silly question, but isn't there a matt (flat) clear available that still keeps the flat look, though still protects the base coat ?

I think its called intercoat (2pak)and can be blocked back and cleared over.