I posted this in paint and body too but, I was thinking I might get more responses here.

My buddy is thinking of painting his camaro flat back and is wondering how hard the paint will be to take care of maintenance wise. Washing, waxing?, water spot removal, etc...

 

Don't wax it and wash it with regular car wash soap. My '94 is Satin Black and the water spots aren't that bad unless it is washed in the sun or not dried off

 

i wiould think it would look better if it was a 93-97 body, they just look more aggressive from the front end. 98-02, not so much.

 

What brand of soap do you use?

I forgot to mention in my original post the my friends car is a 94' camaro.

 

a lot easier just spray and soap and youre good to go. I was really tempted to do this but i came up with a badass scheme, in the process..

 

i have seen one in person... **** looked mean as hell!!! i loved it!!

 

Someone post some pics, I've heard of a few but never seen one and would love to see one

 

its been done... I believe he did it in satin black... will give you an idea...

 

Look up the LS7 Camaro. You'll change your mind to satin in a hurry.

 

 

that would seem like a b!tch of a time with cleaning waterspots

satin black would waterspot so easy

 

Sounds cool, but I think I would get tired of it quickly.

It would deffinetly be different.

 

i might have some on my other computer... i'll post them up later

 

Some old pics I had of a couple of differant cars. I know there is more, I just couldn't find them right now. I think it looks good, I have been considering this as well.

 

I dpn't see why satin black would waterspot worse than any other color. Its still got clear on it so as long as you dry it off and wax it you should be ok.

On a side note when I was looking for a car I found a flat black lt1 car with chrome wheels and tinted windows and it looked ****** mean. I was professionally done too and had clear on it also, it just wasn't shiney. Someday I'll own a flat or satin black car, just not sure what it will be

 

the less clear, the more noticeable to spots are. dry it fast

ya that would look badass!

 

more...

Most of theese cars are owned by members here, maybe they will chime in on maintnance.

 

hmmmm....i wanna see a few trans ams now

 

My friend is painting his car satin black. We got the whole car stripped down Tuesday and it will be going to the paint shop next week. I'll take some pictures once it's painted.

 

The first three pics in McNord's post(#17) are my car.

Here is one of it spray canned flat black(looks like ****) and one of us respraying it with a gun Satin Black.