morandpeter

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I really fancy having my silver 96 wrx wagon painted matt black. although i have no problem in paying for a pro job, I just wondered couldnt i do this at home?

My reasons are having sprayed grill, spoiler and a few bits and bobs in spray can matt black it allways comes out perfect. even when spraying outside, no runs, patches, good coverage and prety much a factory finish. My question is is it the paint that is different? it seems to dry waay quicker than normal paint and doesnt seem to require baking/polishing etc. would this be a good idea to do this?

What are the thoughts on having a matt black wagon with full tints, black wheels etc - stealthy look or tacky?


My other options were (professionally done)

WR blue
Glossy as hell black
Possibly white gobstopper style.


Im in such a tizz

jonezy

spraying across large panels like roofs and bonnets is totally diiferent to painting small bits,

just doesnt seem to turn out the same,

get a bonnet from the scrappy to practice on and see ow it turns out? you may well be good at it,

djandyg

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Speak to 'blu scoob' as he's just painted his classic himself at home, looks really good too!

initialD

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i thought it would be easy to do a SATIN black bonnet on my 02 scoob and ive had 13 years decorating experiance ! i was very , very wrong i had the bonnet prep perfect , applied 8 coats of halfords satin black "halfords is by far in my opinion the best paint in a rattle can " and was gutted to find out it wasnt going to work !! so i decided to go with matt another 7-8 coats and hours of prep later it looked much more acceptable "still not perfect" i recoment if u r going to have ago , to use halfords matt black , and spray the final couple of coats from quite a distance as if u are dusting it on ! it seems to have a more even finnish this way