flat black mustang

mike14_07 · 02-01-2009

i know flat black is ugly but i can't afford paint right now. but i have some hot rod black primer, reducer, and hardener. what else do i need i want do some minor ding repair and spray it flat black, till i can afford paint. i need steps in doing this.

spdjnky_42 · 02-01-2009

Sand, bondo/straighten, sand some more, prep, prime. It can stay in primer for awhile. I would recommend that anyways so any tough rust reappears you can fix.

mike14_07 · 02-01-2009

do i need flex agents? how long will the primer last?

spdjnky_42 · 02-01-2009

Yeh sorry I forgot about the bumpers you will need to add flex agents but not sure if you have to add that to the primer?

mike14_07 · 02-01-2009

anybody have any pics? how long will it last? i seen a gt on google images that looked bad@$$.

**EagleAutosports** · 02-02-2009

I would HIGHLY recommend not keeping the car in just primer. It doesn't protect the metal, it's porous and allows water to get to the surface, which causes rust which will actually cause more damage, time, effort, and money to get rid of it properly because you'll have to strip it all off when it's going to be properly painted. I know, I had the front of my car in primer and pretty soon rust started popping up from underneath. I didn't have money for paint but I couldn't just let it rot so...

I think I wound up using 4 cans of sealing primer, 6 cans of white lacquer, and then 4 cans of lacquer clear coat after letting the paint dry for about 2 weeks. I think total cost was around $80, and it's the entire front of my car from the fenders forward that I painted in my driveway. You do what you got to do to prevent cancer.

302Feen · 02-02-2009

I'm not sure about just using primer. I see that as a big trend for some of the mid '70s Chevy pickups to just be running around in grey primer here. But as for using the black primer as a "paintjob" I wouldn't recommend it.
An actual flat black paintjob can look really good, or it could turn out really ugly.
I used to have a regular customer at a gas station I used to work at who had a flat black firebird that looked pretty decent...