Matte finished Ford Raptor with finest

[Mike lambert]

This was done at a shop in CA as well as paint,all plastic trim done in powder coated aluminum. Coated all surfaces with c quartz finest,ammo mud on tires.
It is a little strange not correcting paint before coating! You keep thinking you forgot something. This also puts to rest the debate over finest changing matte paint.
Thanks for looking!

 

[Evan.J]

Nice job as always Mike.

What is your process for Matte finishes?

 

[Mike lambert]

I washed with regular malco car wash , using micro madness MIT with no pressure. Spent a lot of time with the metro blaster, eraser wipe down twice, coated a panel at a time. Really was carefull about wiping it off, you cannot polish off any missed spots!
Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Evan.J]

I washed with regular malco car wash , using micro madness MIT with no pressure. Spent a lot of time with the metro blaster, eraser wipe down twice, coated a panel at a time. Really was carefull about wiping it off, you cannot polish off any missed spots!
Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks Mike!

 

[Jean-Claude]

Nice job working your magic with cQuartz Finest on a matte finish.

 

[fly07sti]

Hey Mike, do you have any experience with the regular cQuartz on matte finishes? I have a 50 ml and want to coat my matte wheels on my truck, but I've been hesitant to coat them with anything as to not make them shiny. Thanks in advance.

 

[CowboyTruckn]

If a vehicle surface is suppose to be defect free before a coating, how can you polish matte paint to remove swirls?

 

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Nice job. However, the sheen(not gloss) was increased too much for a matte finish, IMO.

 

[davey g-force]

Agreed... looks a bit too shiny for a matte finish IMO.

But hey, if the owner was happy, that's the main thing. Nice work :xyxthumbs:

 

[Mike lambert]

I say it was matte because it was not as usual, it did have a sheen to it,I can assure you finest did not change the sheen! I would call Corey at carpro to check on regular c quartz, I am not sure.

 

[batman75]

This car is wrapped. It is doesn't have a factory matte clearcoat.

Therefore this detail proves nothing about CQuartz finest other than that you can use it on a wrap.

A matte wrap and a matte clearcoat are very different products. A matte wrap is matte not because it has a matte clear but because it is opaque plastic. When you touch a matte wrap it feels perfectly smooth just like a gloss wrap. When you touch matte paint it has a different texture.

On my car I have both a matte clearbra on a car with BMWs factory Frozen paint. While the car looks fairly consistent, if you look closely and touch the difference in surfaces is there. I believe CQuartz finest would fill the texture and thereby add gloss on the matte paint. I know a lot of people with frozen finish cars, and not one who uses this CQuartz product.