I did red oxide primer on our Civic project, and it behaved more or less like paint. Oil would leave marks, but they'd eventually seem to fade away. If I did it over again, probably should have topped it with clear or something. It did start to fade a bit. It looked (and photographed) nicely, though.
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April 20, 2010 9:55 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
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April 20, 2010 10:55 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
The John Deere paint does seem to be something other than the Valspar posted earlier. I love the self leveling aspect. The one car I painted came out matte and I used Lacquer!!! Obviously I didn't know what I was doing.
Now to find out if it comes in other colors. I have a project car that could benefit from a matte finish.
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April 20, 2010 10:57 p.m. bamalama Reader
I painted my truck satin black with some Sherwin Williams industrial enamel I had leftover from a job. I spent more on tape than I did anything else.
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April 20, 2010 11:02 p.m. dansxr2 Reader
you can get a flattening agent for clear that does the same matte/flat finish that would hold up just like clear.
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April 20, 2010 11:22 p.m. mtn SuperDork
carguy123 wrote:
Valspar actually makes the John Deere stuff.The John Deere paint does seem to be something other than the Valspar posted earlier. I love the self leveling aspect. The one car I painted came out matte and I used Lacquer!!! Obviously I didn't know what I was doing.
Now to find out if it comes in other colors. I have a project car that could benefit from a matte finish.
I was told it does not come in other colors. Don't know for sure though.
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April 21, 2010 7:47 p.m. zomby woof HalfDork
carguy123 wrote: The one car I painted came out matte and I used Lacquer!!! Obviously I didn't know what I was doing.
That's how lacquer is. You have to rub it out, and buff it.
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April 21, 2010 7:51 p.m. zomby woof HalfDork
This is what we need
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April 21, 2010 8:29 p.m. Rusnak_322 Reader
I want to paint my motorcycle like F1 driver Nico Rosbergs helmet. I couldn't find the best picture, but he had his helmet painted what looked like gloss white with matte gray and matte yellow.
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April 21, 2010 8:42 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
zomby woof wrote:
carguy123 wrote: The one car I painted came out matte and I used Lacquer!!! Obviously I didn't know what I was doing.
That's how lacquer is. You have to rub it out, and buff it.
Yeah, but they just didn't tell me how much work it was rubbing it out and buffing it. I decided I liked the matte finish and got lots of good compliments. That was back in 1971 so I guess you could say I invented the matte finish on cars.
