What Buffed Satin Single Stage/blitz black looks like

[05snopro440]

I did a quick experiment the other night to see what sanded and buffed Blitz Black looked like. I had painted a headlight bucket for my 28 with John Deere Blitz Black a couple years ago as an experiment for what look I like. Since I'm going to strip it back down anyways to prep and paint with whatever I end up using, I taped it off and buffed one side. Not great photos, and my prep on the paint made it impossible to get it totally smooth, but it gives a good idea of the finished product. It looks like quite a bit like an old Lacquer job. Shiny, but not too shiny, hard, and seems pretty scratch resistant, other than the sanding scratches I put in it.

This was a quick sand with 1000, then 2000, then hand rubbed with Meguiar's Ultimate products - compound, then polish, then wax. I didn't even wet sand because I didn't feel like getting water from the house.

I've seen this question of buffing satin/matte single stage asked a bunch online but there's not much for side by side comparison photos, so hopefully this helps someone see what buffed satin paint can turn into. I'm going to leave it for a while, so I'll hopefully see what it does over time too. I expect that these tractor/industrial paint products without a hardener will probably oxidize over time where the hot rod flat products with a hardener may be more stable.

I think the benefit of this method to get shiny if you already have matte/satin is cost and not having to repaint, as it seems like it would be a ton of work on a full vehicle just to get shiny if you're painting the car.

 

[smallfoot]

That turned out really nice!

 

[MercuryMac]

Have you tried to get a finish about half way in between those two. I like 'buffed' matte.

 

[05snopro440]

Have you tried to get a finish about half way in between those two. I like 'buffed' matte.

Wouldn't buffed matte turn out satin? The blitz black isn't matte/flat either, it's satin. You can see the sheen on it in my photos.

I didn't try that this time as it wasn't what I was trying to do, and I think it would be very difficult to get an even gloss level.

 

[gene49]

Years ago I bought a gallon of industrial enamel "Red Oxide Primer" that the can said it was semi flat. At the time, I assumed that meant it was not going to be very shiny, which was what I was after, because it was going to cover unfinished body work. Imagine my disappointment when it dried and had as much shine to it as a gloss paint should have had. I was not a happy camper.

After that first time I used some of it, I assumed that maybe I didn't get it steered up as good as it should have been, so the next time I really steered it up. Shinny primer again! The entire gallon was that way. I even had a buddy ask me why I bought shinny primer, when he read the label, he too was dumb founded. That stupid gallon seemed like I had to use it a very long time. then to make maters worse, even 4 years, later it was still pretty shiny.

 

[MercuryMac]

I was thinking of 'hand buffed', SnoPro. Anyhow, a little shinier than your rough half and still a wee bit bumpy.

 

[05snopro440]

Years ago I bought a gallon of industrial enamel "Red Oxide Primer" that the can said it was semi flat. At the time, I assumed that meant it was not going to be very shiny, which was what I was after, because it was going to cover unfinished body work. Imagine my disappointment when it dried and had as much shine to it as a gloss paint should have had. I was not a happy camper.

After that first time I used some of it, I assumed that maybe I didn't get it steered up as good as it should have been, so the next time I really steered it up. Shinny primer again! The entire gallon was that way. I even had a buddy ask me why I bought shinny primer, when he read the label, he too was dumb founded. That stupid gallon seemed like I had to use it a very long time. then to make maters worse, even 4 years, later it was still pretty shiny.

That's actually kind of the look I want on my Roadster pickup haha.

 

[05snopro440]

I was thinking of 'hand buffed', SnoPro. Anyhow, a little shinier than your rough half and still a wee bit bumpy.

I did try that on a spot yesterday. Honestly it does nothing for me. I find it too shiny for how rough it is. The sanded and buffed is a way better vintage look.