Thread: Flat paint trend???

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Originally Posted by stovens

HotRodPaint
So true on individuality and taste. Every once in a while someone really gets it wrong! In High School, one of the quieter kids built up a 72 Firebird. Really nice car. He must of had cash, because everything was the high end stuff for the 70's era. One day he came to school with it after painting it. It was a creamy pastel purple, with a bright green shamrock clover painted in the center of the hood. The purple itself sort of emasculated the car, but what was worse was the contrast of the pastel purple, with the primary solid green clover.
Like you say to each their own. I'll stick to the basic solids for right now, and paint my truck candy apple red.

One of the dangers in purple is that light colors look feminin, and darker shades look masculin. Most people dont' realize it until too late! {:-(

well you say black is over done ?? but its not a fad. like them colors that guys were putting on there cars in the 80s and 90s.there are now like a bad tatoo i will still walk up to a black car at a car show to look it over .a good well done black paint job is for me aways nice to look at .but not so much fun keeping clean

Pat, Can I assume you mean gloss black? I was talking about flat black being a fad.

Gloss black is classic....and one of the hardest to do! It also screams "bad!" To me...a child who was a teenager during the sixties...gloss black is near the top of the heap.

Black will always be in. That's why they are trying to ban it on New cars in California! Seriously it's about the "heat", but it really is rediculous just how far we have come, to ban black cars. I bet if it was a Prius it would be exempt!
Seriously though black is classic and always will be. From a painting standpoint, I imagine it is the hardest color because it shows all the body flaws, from a cleaning standpoint it is a pain because it shows dirt the most, but from a classy look, it's the best, especially with a nice flame job!

Originally Posted by lamin8r

It has reached down here a year or three back,,we have about a half dozen flat metallics on various cars,flat metallic blue on a 50 Merc semi custom..etc..will find some pix later..interesting combos..

Heres a pic of the Merc...The Pontiac was actually done in America before it found its way down here..I have some other pix somewhere,,still lookin..

These others are just non metallics,but the T Birds roof is flake,I just like the concept.

OOps stuffed that up..pix too big, and too dumb to pull them and resize them....

what is teh shade of blue on the merc?

lamin8r, thanks for the pictures! I do expect to have more requests for flat colors, so now I can have a way of showing people the result.

The person with the yellow-green panel is pretty brave, but it looks better than I would have imagined.

Originally Posted by tudorkeith

what is teh shade of blue on the merc?

tudorkeith,that is a Lexus shade,might even be able to give you the paint code in a few days,as I might see him this weekend..

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

lamin8r, thanks for the pictures! I do expect to have more requests for flat colors, so now I can have a way of showing people the result.

The person with the yellow-green panel is pretty brave, but it looks better than I would have imagined.

Brave is correct..in ya face color,the guy has a 58 Nomad as well...[shiny]
Have more pix of the delivery here,different angles,kool car..

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

I like the sound of that flat purple you mentioned. :-)

I'v been looking at hotrod flatz and found there deep purple pearl.. think that would look good.

That is nice!

Good thread Jay, though my crystal ball isn't any better than anyone elses. This fad has also caught on with the ricer crowd to some degree, so might have an extended life in general.

While there's some truth that a less glossy surface can "disguise" some body work deficiencies, it's not a panacea. And it still takes some skill to lay down a good flat or satin finish (as the painters on here are aware). Here's an example of what often happens in inexperienced hands.......

Too bad. The car has some nice striping on the hood, which ties nicely into the wheel color. The rattle can stripes do detract from the car. They might just be what you will remember the most about it!