dhutton01
Backyard Hack
This one…@dhutton01 , didn't you have a pic showing one of your black Camaros sitting beside another black Camaro at a car show. Best illustration I've seen on how black SPI SS is.
This one…@dhutton01 , didn't you have a pic showing one of your black Camaros sitting beside another black Camaro at a car show. Best illustration I've seen on how black SPI SS is.
The car was black. Looked sort of a muddy brownish color in person. Owner spent a lot of money on the paint. I don’t think he noticed the difference between the two.It's not sitting next to another black Camaro, it's sitting next to a dark gray one!
He noticed or he's color blind.The car was black. Looked sort of a muddy brownish color in person. Owner spent a lot of money on the paint. I don’t think he noticed the difference between the two.
Don
If I can see the difference in the photo (I can) it had to be a more dramatic difference in person.The car was black. Looked sort of a muddy brownish color in person. Owner spent a lot of money on the paint. I don’t think he noticed the difference between the two.
Don
My conclusion is that base clear is best suited to your work process. I am willing to bet that a little more time buffing and polishing would reduce if not eliminate the differences. Optical clarity is the key here imho.I posted the comparison for information purposes only and to basically answer the question of the OP (me) with real results that I could see first hand. The panel was sprayed with 3 coats of black epoxy, sanded smooth with 150, 3 more coats of black epoxy, sanded with 400. Then it was sprayed with 3 coats of black single stage. Two areas masked off, then sprayed 2 coats of black base. Then removed masking from one singe stage area and 3 coats of Euro 2020. So, ALL SPI products. Cured in direct sun for 3 days, wet sanded with 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, then compounded with a wool/foam hybrid pad. I didn't bother with the final polish.
Trying to compare colors or hues of one color between two pics on a computer is a fools game, IMO. That's why I did the test on one panel to see it first hand. The pics above all show beautiful SPI blacks, no doubt. If someone can shoot black base with Euro2020 over it and hold it next to the single stage jobs shown above, I would love to see the result.
The single stage black on my test panel looks beautiful inside under led lights and outside in the shade, but seeing it side by side in the direct sun is different. If I could get the same black look as the pic in my original post with singe stage, I would be more inclined to use singe stage for the ease of use. That's what I was trying to determine.
I know this is an older thread but the subject keeps coming up.Seems to me SS is always going to be blacker and more pure looking than black base clear. Especially in the sunlight. The clear reflects differently giving it that grey-ish white reflection.