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Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover
maybe once my car is painted something other than satin I can convince the wife to paint her ish satin black.
anyways, always nice to come across someone in a parking lot that doesn't think it's primer. I have gone tired of the 3 + years hearing my car is in primer..... even though every damn jam has been paint matched satin black. BAH!
Ohhh yeah and satin black ALWAYS looks good wet. I'm still cool on the waxing though, can't do it to a non gloss paint, just not in my blood.
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So far, nobody that I know of has mistaken it for primer -- which isn't surprising, since it really
doesn't look like primer in person.
As for waxing, I'm hoping it won't change the finish, just protect it. I'm thinking of trying a liquid wax (either the stuff they have at the DIY car wash, or something like Zymol). I don't mind if the wax makes it a little glossier (or a little less glossy); I just don't want it to get white and chalky like wax on trim.
The upper door frames (the part around the windows) on my Hyundai Accent are also painted non-glossy black, and I waxed them the other day with liquid Turtle Wax and they came out fine, so I think it'll be okay.
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Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover
what brand is the paint?
I wouldn't wax it, most semi-gloss paints (especially black) show scratches EASILY. Compared to the same brand of paint shot with the same equipment and prep (probably less prep actually) in a gloss. Satin black just doesn't hold up well to much of anything. Mine has been done for 3 + years now, redone once, the rabbit is a gloss color of the same brand of paint and application. The gloss has held up and it much more manageable than the satin.
Might turn out interesting though with the wax, I look forward to seeing it, but the properties of the wax conflict with what the satin paint is. One last thing, painting over the paint job may be tough, depending on brand and application and what you are looking for from your next paint job..... certain satin paints are better off stripped than being painted over.
This all comes from my own knowledge of painting my own cars and other automotive parts.
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By the way, I wasn't ignoring your previous post, I just hadn't gotten around to calling up the body shop and asking what kind of paint it was until now.
The paint in question is Sherwin Williams urethane enamel (plus flattener).