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Originally Posted by MPowerFarmer
Ok so my wheels are at the paintshop now. I wanted the EXACT same finish as that. I told him I wanted "satin". He had not clue what I meant so I showed him the picture of your car and explained to him I want 3% satin. He looked at me like I was crazy. He has no idea what 3% satin means. He said he would paint the wheels black and then either clear them with gloss, matte, or ultra matte clear? So I told him to do it matte  I know its not going to turn out right. I wish there was a definitive way of asking for a satin black finish but there are so many different texture gradients. |
OK here goes. I rang my painter and he said this. Black was normal wheel paint . Clear coat was normal gloss dulled down with a flattening agent called ALSA which apparently is an American product. If you apply 4% of this Alsa to the clear coat you get full Matt Black. 2% gives you Satin Black. Mine is 3%. The reason he uses this Alsa product is so he can control how Matt the overall look becomes by applying more or less of it. Hope this helps.
Does this make more sense. I apologise as my description may have led you in the wrong direction initially
Kman