Anyone here own a matt paint finish car

[bigjimmyauk]

Seen a BMW yesterday in like a dark grey colour, it was raining and the car just looked really weird. Are they a hard finish to look after as i was thinking they must show scratches quite easily.

cheers

 

[Pulsar_GTI]

I have and it doesnt show scratches much at all. Easy to clean too, just wash the car with a non wax shampoo and dry. Best to wash in the shade.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

I have and it doesnt show scratches much at all. Easy to clean too, just wash the car with a non wax shampoo and dry. Best to wash in the shade.

Does washing with wax based products knacker the finish? And why dry it in the shade?

cheers btw

 

[Pulsar_GTI]

No probs if you use wax it makes the paint shiny. Washing in the shade leaves less stubborn watermarks to wipe off.

 

[Zero Pope]

My old toy, barely showed scratches at all. Did look a bit odd in the rain though.

 

[Lashout_UK]

Can't say I ever noticed any scratches on mine. Still, if it did get any all I had to do was touch it up with a can kept in the glove box

Only real issue I had was with some slight paint reaction from fuel spillage by the filler cap. Other than that, the rest stuck like a trooper. Not bad, considering I painted in in -12...

No doubt very different from a wrap, which is what I'm going to wildly assume the BMW would have most likely been.

 

[SS-89]

Can't say I ever noticed any scratches on mine. Still, if it did get any all I had to do was touch it up with a can kept in the glove box

Only real issue I had was with some slight paint reaction from fuel spillage by the filler cap. Other than that, the rest stuck like a trooper. Not bad, considering I painted in in -12...

No doubt very different from a wrap, which is what I'm going to wildly assume the BMW would have most likely been.

Unless it was a frozen grey/black m3

 

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perhaps a frozen grey matte m3?

silly priced option for paint that you cant so much as look at for fear of damaging

or a wrap

 

[realscot]

there's one of those matte M3's in my area, not sure but I think it also has an aftermarket exhaust on it cos by christ on song its loud and amazing.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Unless it was a frozen grey/black m3

Yes it was an M3

 

[bigjimmyauk]

perhaps a frozen grey matte m3?

silly priced option for paint that you cant so much as look at for fear of damaging

or a wrap

Don't think it was a wrap, the paint looked so odd in the rain almost looked like the car was made of suede which had got wet.

 

[Jonny69]

I wash mine with a bucket and a broom. I don't wash it much though, because it washes all the moss away