Note to admins: This is a popular thread on other car forums, but I didn't see one here (and I did search). If there is one, please direct me to it
Last weekend I sandblasted a skid plate I recently bought. This poor thing had been through hell, with about 6 different coats of paint on it, hammer and grinding marks, etc. I was painting it satin black; the first coat was on and it looked beautiful, so I started putting on a second coat from a fresh rattle-can, but it just would not gloss out. Turns out I bought flat black and not satin black. After some digging through my shelves and not finding any more satin, I said to hell with it and finished it off with black plasti-dip. I'll just tell people I meant to do that.
Last weekend I sandblasted a skid plate I recently bought. This poor thing had been through hell, with about 6 different coats of paint on it, hammer and grinding marks, etc. I was painting it satin black; the first coat was on and it looked beautiful, so I started putting on a second coat from a fresh rattle-can, but it just would not gloss out. Turns out I bought flat black and not satin black. After some digging through my shelves and not finding any more satin, I said to hell with it and finished it off with black plasti-dip. I'll just tell people I meant to do that.