Yoke paint type?

[Minwah]

Anyone know what type of paint is used on controllers such as SW yokes, RoadBlasters wheels etc?  It is black and almost matt in appearance but has a sheen to it, definately not gloss.

The only black spray(can) paint I can find locally is gloss.  Not the end of the world but it would be nice to try to get a finish similar to the original.  Any tips?

[Zebidee]

Hi Min,

You could try applying a couple of layers of Matt undercoat, and use a final coat of *satin* to finish.  You could try testing it first on a similar surface.

[NoOne=NBA=]

I'm almost positive that the original is a powder coat.
We get parts from a powder coater at work, and the finish is the same as the yoke one, but in a different color.

I'd second Zebidee about the flat paint/satin clear coat, if you can find them.
You could try satin over gloss, and see how much it knocks down the shine.
If you paint everything, you won't notice any difference between them.

[Minwah]

Thanks guys, I will see if I can get the stuff to try this out...

[Barry Barcrest]

You might want to try the ALSA spray paint range. They offer lots of mix and match solutions, a few layers of clearcoat will dull down the shine and might give you the effect you are after.

[Minwah]

I had a look around and the only clear coat I could find was high-gloss stuff which was no good really.

However I took a chance and bought some Plasti-Kote 'BBQ' black spray paint as it seemed to be a matt finish.  This seems to have worked really well on it's own.  It is matt, but does have a slight 'satin' like finish, which seems more so as more coats are applied.  I found 3 coats of this are really required to get a nice even finish.

I will post some pics when I have put the yoke back together...

[Level42]

Isn't there something inbetween gloss and matt overthere ? Here you can get "semi-gloss", which is a nice paint between those two.

Else, you could ask David from RAM controls. He should know everything about those yokes and the painting/powder coating.

[Zebidee]

Isn't there something inbetween gloss and matt overthere ? Here you can get "semi-gloss", which is a nice paint between those two.

Yeah, they usually call it "satin".