Thoughts on matte?

[Tucsonjay]

How popular is matte finish when wrapping Mustangs in PPF? I'm curious what the different colors look like. How do metallics turn out?

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[MAGS1]

Not sure how popular it is but I think the matte films look good on certain colors. I saw a Carbonized Gray S650 in matte film from factory and it looked really cool. The vibrant colors (yellows, blues, oranges, reds) look really good with the matte finish. Black is pretty cool looking too. Just have to be careful as far as cleaning goes. Can’t polish anything out and even have to be careful with waxes/coatings as some of them will make the matte finish glossy.

 

[Tucsonjay]

Not sure how popular it is but I think the matte films look good on certain colors. I saw a Carbonized Gray S650 in matte film from factory and it looked really cool. The vibrant colors (yellows, blues, oranges, reds) look really good with the matte finish. Black is pretty cool looking too. Just have to be careful as far as cleaning goes. Can’t polish anything out and even have to be careful with waxes/coatings as some of them will make the matte finish glossy.

The cleaning and waxing issue is a concern. My racing bicycle has a flat finish and it hasn't always been a blessing. I think my next one will be something shiny and Italian

 

[MAGS1]

The cleaning and waxing issue is a concern. My racing bicycle has a flat finish and it hasn't always been a blessing. I think my next one will be something shiny and Italian

There are matte-specific soaps and waxes/coatings out there. A regular pH neutral soap with no protection enhancements would be fine too. It’s really the waxes and coatings to be careful of.

 

[BullittTheBlueSky]

How popular is matte finish when wrapping Mustangs in PPF? I'm curious what the different colors look like. How do metallics turn out?

You should do what you think looks best.

 

[BullittTheBlueSky]

The cleaning and waxing issue is a concern.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that wraps get waxed, polished, etc. Just simply washed.

 

[MAGS1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that wraps get waxed, polished, etc. Just simply washed.

You can put a coating on wraps/films. Some people lightly polish regular PPF, I wouldn’t.

 

[Tucsonjay]

You can put a coating on wraps/films. Some people lightly polish regular PPF, I wouldn’t.

So then do people put ceramic coating over their PPF?

 

[MAGS1]

So then do people put ceramic coating over their PPF?

A lot of people do, yes. There are wrap/film specific coatings out there. A matte-specific coating would work fine on a matte film as well.

 

[GTP]

If you like the current color of you car you can put on matte PPF. Expensive but it's also full coverage.

 

[HKusp]

I don't know if this is still the case these days, but several years ago a friend of mine had a matte dark charcoal gray finish wrap on his AMG63 CLS. The first time I saw it I went over and touched it with my index finger in the middle of his hood. He wanted to karate chop me in the throat for just touching it. His eyes got really big and he said "PLEASE don't do that again..." I asked why he said the oils in your hand can mess up the finish. The other friend with us, was so amused by his reaction he said he would give me $20 to touch it again so he could see that reaction one more time.

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