Tried out Hot Rod Flatz paint...

heres another opinion about this...

i have shot a couple cars with just base coat and ive sprayed sprayed one with the hot rod flatz. when i sprayed the base coat, i fist mixed it with dupont's base coat activator. it makes it harden and less prone to problems this way. once you put it iin the paint, you cant save any when your done. so be careful. i think just base looks the smoothest out of all.

 

Again not familiar with DuPont, but most activators are really only accelerators. They help speed the recoat times when working with multiple layers. I think it might be more of an urban myth that activator will make it less prone to problems. Whatever the case, its still not sealed from moisture which is the biggest enemy.

 

so let me get it rite. to sum it up.
hot rod flatz is a preflattened single stage paint... primer/paint/ no clear.

And other option for same look is regular primer/base/flattened clear....
and concesis is that its trickey to lay down

 

Could you be so kind as to show us a photo of your pickup painted


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This must be a record, someone dug up a 4 year old thread.

 

Not even close.

In all fairness, the OP did mention posting more pics after Roundup.

 

Hah! Everyone is always bitchin about using the search button. Looks like he did. i have seen the truck several times and it looks killer.

 

You have seen the truck and all of us would like to see it for ourselves. Pictures please......

 

TCP Global supplies a medium reducer with the Flatz paint. Try a slow reducer as most who have used this paint find it dries too fast

 

Thanks for the tip,
Your truck looks killer !


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Exactly!!!!

 

You may want to read some reviews on Southern Urethanes flat clear. I have read some that say it is very good and easy to use. I used Klearcote TM Satin and that stuff is pure shit...you have to mist the crap on or your truck will shine like a new penny! Had to sand mine down after applying what i considered a light coat,,I had applied 1 1/2 quarts to the whole truck and it shone!. Keeping flat paint without a clear is way too much work to try and keep clean of bugcrap,grease etc

 

lol... this is an old thread, but here you go.

 

heres a elcomino I did with there Lemans Blue good people to deal with also

 

HRF has a new bunch of colors out, the wider selection should make the paint even more attractive. The downside is, there's no way to get chips/samples without paying for a $36 spray-out on a card. They don't even have a sample board at their place down in San Diego. Some of the new colors are worth consideration for a project coming up, but... color is too critical to be pickin' it off a computer screen.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/Customshop/rsflatz.aspx

 

wow new colors look great! wish i had enough confidence to spray it smooth enough as you cant buff it!

matt

 

SwitchBlade327..I love this color you painted your fender..I want to paint my 55 Chevy Gasser the same color..When I went on their site to find the same paint..Metallic Copper it was no where to be found..Are you sure that's the name of the exact paint you used..Thanks!

 

He hasn't been on this site since 2011, but he said it was actually called copper pearl

 

I haven't been able to bring the site up for the last week or so, TCP global comes up but that's it.

 

it just came up for me, try using a different browser sometimes sites just don't work on some browsers.

 

Here you go , just go to paint and coating and click on flatz, even a old man can find it.

 

Thanks, what about a blind old man?

 

heres the link. scroll down to the metallic red shades [2700] to find the copper pearl. 241.
https://tcpglobal.com/pages/hot-rod-flatz-paint

 

I found it, I'd had it saved and the other night I clicked on it and it said Page not found, checked TCP site and was to blind to see it. I really like that color on his truck, it looks a lot better than it does on the site. I was going to get the medium kit and buy reducer. My car needs something with out shine, I'm getting it ready to drive, my hands can't handle all the block sanding any more. Thanks for the help.

 

[QUOTE="Mike Colemire,
Thanks, what about a blind old man?
Get your 8 year old grand son to do it for you.

 

He's 10 and I know he could do it.