Automotive flatten paint

Answer 1

I have never heard that one before. They are either talking about a flat type paint, which is a flat color, with not gloss, like primer almost. Or, the other thing could be talking about primer. When you paint a car with a high dollar paint job, you want a great shine. The best shine comes from a perfectly flat, no ripples, panel. Good luck with that one. When we paint those bubble gum colors on those cars we put about ten, or more coats of primer on the car, and then we block sand it down between every coat. Reason is, when we put on a coat, it adds thickness, or puts another layer on. Then, we take a piece of sand paper, and put it around a block of wood. What this does is remove the primer from the high spots, and leaves it in the low places, thus filling them in, and leveling out the high, and low spots, without having to use filler, or Bondo, which is frowned upon. If you block sand it enough times, that paint will shine like glass. It's all about smooth-ness. The paint has to be smooth, and applied properly, to achieve this, as well.