How to NOT make your Carrera GT Matte Black!!!

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the guy thinks he's actually doing a good job!!!

 

soooo. complete noob to painting here (as in no experience at all). What is this guy doing wrong? and what should be done to make a car matte?

 

um .... he's not in a paint booth!!! he's outside under a canopy!

 

I would expect this will a Civic. Not one of the best cars known to man.

 

I guess they haven't heard of Wraps.

 

yea, i figured that, i was more curious on technique with actual painting. Or are wraps the only way to go?

 

wraps are the most cost-effective and best solution out there for going matt, IMO...

 

It is most likely a regular boxer convertible that has been converted to the carrera gt because nobody in their right mind that owns a real Carrera gt would go to a shotty shop like that.

 

you never know............

 

I think you are right; the body panels look off.

 

My wife has seen this car around Santiago, DR. It's a boxster with a fiberglass body kit.

 

Worldwide Paparazzi up in here! Gdal...lol!

 

my wife was born in that town and she still has family there.

 

Owner deserves everything he's getting (not getting) for bringing a $440,000 limited edition car to a place like that.

Unless somehow that car is a replica in which case such a paint job is fitting.

 

MB as im sure any other car maker that does this accomplishes this with flat clear coat. so under it it still same color coat. MB warns ppl not to polish their mate black paint otherwise you will get shiny car

 

I like the lack of PPE for the guy painting... if he doesn't care about his own health and safety, you think he gives a poop about anyones car? lol

 

my buddy knows the owner of the car. It's in the dominican Republic... its a real carrera GT

 

Carrera GT Black Matte In Dominican Republic - YouTube

that doesnt sound like a boxster

 

Number-1 rule when painting a car - the floor has to be absolutely wet and so clean that you could eat off of it, or you will be blowing the fine dust on it all over your wet paint.
This poor guy will never be done sanding off all the dirt that has blown onto his paint job (?) Or maybe he wants to have that "granular feel" texture on the paint?
I looked at his face and he looks like he has inhaled way too much paint fumes that day, and he is not wearing a respirator either!
Wow, what a mess !

DanF

 

my ONLY complaint is that he is missing out on some sweet coupons in the newspaper he used to cover the windshield