CorsAsh
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Has this been done? Everybody's seen matt black, but after seeing my car in high zinc content primer today I was thinking matt silver looks lovely
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Joe
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Matt has a silver car I believe
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J4M13
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yes, new fast car, nice euro clio has matt silver paint job, looks awesome.
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J4M13
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picture of said clio
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CorsAsh
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Is niiiice
Doesn't show too well as it's in shadow but looks lovely in the sunshine
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J4M13
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looks like white to me
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j10E W
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blooody hell fast car actually has a decent car in the mag this month
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Robin
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2 decent cars in fact
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J4M13
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teh astra?(and corsabrava) some of the pictures are the same as the ones used in total vauxhall though.
[Edited on 21-04-2007 by J4M13]
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TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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yeh my best mates clio is matt silver. very nice i think i its well easy to clean to.
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CorsAsh
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Just looks so fresh and new, what's he said regards cleaning it then Tom?
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J4M13
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that is the clio i was onna bout, featured in fastcar this month.
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TomSBD
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he never polishs it as you just cant.
just uses the tech cleaning spray and comes up mint. ive watched him do it and it looks so easy to do than a gloss finish. plus is so easy to touch up the paint with a quick spray as there is no flatting involved
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J4M13
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what is the texture of the paint like if no flatting is involved? would have to be perfectly sprayed with no orange peel.
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TomSBD
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to touch is smooth but rough, its hard to explain. hides blemishes easy to.
[Edited on 21-04-2007 by TomSBD]
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CorsAsh
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So if you go out for a day, car gets muddy/dusty, you just karcher it off and chamois it dry? Job done?
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TomSBD
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thats about all he does and it pisses me off lol
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CorsAsh
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One last question then, is it just a paint finish or is it lacquered over?
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Dean B
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I was looking at buying that clio a while back.
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TomSBD
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im sure he had some sort of lacquer made up to mix in with the colour. dont ask me where from tho lol
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by CorsAsh
One last question then, is it just a paint finish or is it lacquered over?
You would use a normal primer, paint a waterbased colour and then use a 2k matt laquer on top... Trouble is it doesn't last that long. I considered matt metallic red for mine, then saw a car which had been painted in matt paint in the flesh and it had worn out so quickly and then the only thing to do is re-spray it rather that cust give it a compound polish, fuck
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CorsAsh
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Would that still be the case on a car that was say, left covered for 10 months of the year, and occasionally used when the owner comes back from abroad for shows etc?
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ed
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Probably not, this was a track car I guess you would have to be careful with it and I reckon you could wax it too. Would probably be worth doing a test on a spare panel and seeing if it was any good.
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CorsAsh
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I gave my spare panels to a bunch of gypos. Bugger.
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M2RTY
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that yaris was matt silver was it not? or matt grey?
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