change of color...

[tpunx99GSX]

I have a buddy (project2g) that goes to school for auto body repair. We are going to be prepping and painting my car pretty soon. I would really like to go from Red to black.
What are some of the better colors of black and brands of paint to use? I will be going a high gloss black. One color i really did like is on my buddies BMW, its called Jet Black. It looked reallly nice.

[crazy_skier]

the dupont chroma base paints are nice, a little spendy for some colors though. BASF makes good paints but i'm not sure who sells it. Then there is PPG which is decent and NASON is a cheaper paint but usable... I personally like chroma but have never used BASF. I have heard great things on it though

[JET]

Sherwin Williams and House of Kolors are some of the best. Dupont and PPG are pretty good too. I would paint it a normal black and throw some HOK effects into the clear coat. Throw some big pearls or some metal flake in it.

[b00stcreep21]

Flat

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

^^ And have it look like a bass boat and have the texture of sandpaper?? Ick.

PPG makes a couple different levels of quality. OMNI is the low end, DBC is their middle of the road color/clear, and their Global refinish system is top shelf stuff. The shop I work at sprays Speis/Hecker color and clearcoat and it's very high quality, but also very high priced. Valspar makes a decent quality paint that is also pretty cheap, but I'm not sure if they have a basecoat/clearcoat line.

As far as better/worse colors in black, there really aren't any that are "better" than another. The only difference would be the pearl/metallic flake in the basecoat. I would suggest that you just look through some color match books and use whatever the school shop has on the mixing bank. Chances are, it's decent quality.
EDIT: Damnit Boostcreep. you got in the way

[b00stcreep21]

EDIT: Damnit Boostcreep. you got in the way

I was gettin ready to unleash some explatives and deragatory terms before this caught my eye

[Supa_dupa_man]

Project2G as in the guy with the White Gst (panda) It has a shit ton of CF parts on it... and he used to own a black 420a DSM...? same guy?

[JET]

^^ And have it look like a bass boat and have the texture of sandpaper?? Ick.


I said big pearls, not big metal flake. You need a fine metal flake if you go that route. Also, it won't have a rough finish if you do the prep right. Your final layers of clear should not have effects in them.

[turbo-soundz]

the best black is Charcoal black.... woot !! my color!

[tpunx99GSX]

Project2G as in the guy with the White Gst (panda) It has a shit ton of CF parts on it... and he used to own a black 420a DSM...? same guy?
Yeah, same guy, i do the mechanical work on his car. Hes a good friend.
he just started school there a couple weeks back.