Let's see black painted cars with clear coat!

[crowe-t]

I'll be painting a body soon in black.  I have base coat lacquer and gloss clear which I'm used to spraying.  I see a lot of black cars without clear.  I'd like to see how black comes out with clear.

Edited May 1, 2020 by crowe-t

[Plowboy]

I clear over every color. This is the only black one I have.

 

[Snake45]

This isn't going to tell you what you want to know, but....

Photos of other builders' black paint aren't going to tell you much. YOUR results are going to depend entirely on how well YOU can polish out the clearcoat. 

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Sorry for a long post, but that's the majority of the black cars in my collection

 

SAM_2373 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_1993 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (259) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_2351 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_2535 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (88) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (103) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (173) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (178) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (193) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (208) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

1 (253) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_2540 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_0364 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_2551 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_0646 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

 

SAM_0010 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

[crowe-t]

Thanks Roger and Eric for the pictures!  They look great.

 

[crowe-t]

32 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

This isn't going to tell you what you want to know, but....

Photos of other builders' black paint aren't going to tell you much. YOUR results are going to depend entirely on how well YOU can polish out the clearcoat. 

I understand.  I've read a few posts regarding black paint and some guys have said black looks better without clear.  All my builds have clear over the color which I polish.  I just wanted to get an idea of how black looks with clear.  I like what I'm seeing in these pictures.

[henry57]

But just to add to the discussion, this is single stage PPG enamel. No clear and no polishing. 

 

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

I've built a few.

All with Duplicolor "Universal Black" and Duplicolor clear lacquer.

 

1960 Mercury Parklane Convertible

 

 

1962 Ford Sunliner Convertible

 

 

 

1963 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Bills72sj]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I've built a few.

All with Duplicolor "Universal Black" and Duplicolor clear lacquer.

 

1960 Mercury Parklane Convertible

 

 

1962 Ford Sunliner Convertible

 

 

 

1963 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Steve, How in the heck do you get your chrome trim so laser straight?

[Funkychiken]

4 hours ago, henry57 said:

But just to add to the discussion, this is single stage PPG enamel. No clear and no polishing. 

 

 

That's an amazing finish...

[ATHU]

Some of mine.

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[StevenGuthmiller]

9 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Steve, How in the heck do you get your chrome trim so laser straight?

If you go to the "Tips, Tricks and Tutorials" section. there is a thread called "Wheel Arch Molding Foiling Tutorial".

It shows my method for foiling not only wheel arches, but all of the body trim, utilizing blue painters tape as a guide.

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Classicgas]

A lot depends on the paint. Some have more inherent gloss than others.

1. This 68 Chevelle is painted off the gun with Matthews gloss black poly

 

Same model and paint with Matthews clear poly added You can see it added a little depth.

 

 

This 70 Chevelle was painted with walmart Color Place gloss black then cleared with Testors Wet Look lacquer

 

[Bills72sj]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

If you go to the "Tips, Tricks and Tutorials" section. there is a thread called "Wheel Arch Molding Foiling Tutorial".

It shows my method for foiling not only wheel arches, but all of the body trim, utilizing blue painters tape as a guide.

Steve

Found it, read it, LOVE IT! Thank you so much for sharing. My process will officially be changed. I also like someone else's tip to color the tip of the blade for contrast. That has always been a challenge (seeing where I am going)

[mrm]

[gman]

There are some stunning black finishes in this thread. 

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/9892-lovefordgalaxie/

^^ this forum member has produced a number of great black finishes (heck, a number of great finishes in general) also

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, gman said:

There are some stunning black finishes in this thread. 

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/9892-lovefordgalaxie/

^^ this forum member has produced a number of great black finishes (heck, a number of great finishes in general) also

But if I recall correctly, Tulio didn't use clear coats over his paint jobs.

 

 

 

Steve

[crowe-t]

A friend had said he thought black with clear looked a bit out of scale.  I like how clear looks if it's not too thick.  From what I see above in all these pictures clear over black looks great.  I'm used to spraying base coat/clear coat lacquers.  I think I'll use the clear.

[Kmidd65]

Here is one I did a few years back.  Tamiya Black with Testor's Glosscote Lacquer.  The decals were terrible so I had to seal them in with a coat of Future floor polish to protect them...

[Rodent]

On 5/2/2020 at 5:26 PM, mrm said:

I really like this. As soon as the world reopens and I can use my Hobby Lobby  coupon, I gotta get one of these. I have been staring at them and not buying. Not sure if the LHS has it or not. (Still open).

[Brutalform]

Some very smooth as glass paint jobs on this thread. 
It could be better but it’s the only car I did black so far. While polishing the clear, I broke through to the black on the drivers door. After adding Future to it, I can’t even tell where it is now. 

[gman]

8 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

But if I recall correctly, Tulio didn't use clear coats over his paint jobs.

 

 

 

Steve

You are correct. He gets very nice results without clear, and IIRC uses automotive enamels for many of his paint jobs.

[Kmb0319]

Here’s a couple of mine... I actually don’t recall the paint and clear I used.  Most likely Duplicolor for the paint, but I’ve tried tons of different clears over the years.
 

[mrm]

3 hours ago, Rodent said:

I really like this. As soon as the world reopens and I can use my Hobby Lobby  coupon, I gotta get one of these. I have been staring at them and not buying. Not sure if the LHS has it or not. (Still open).

I personally had a blast building it, so you should definitely get one and give it a try.

 

[johnny rocket]