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I want a really shiny finish. Can I use my favourite car paint?

April 26, 2017car favourite finish paint shiny

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I want a really shiny finish. Can I use my favourite car paint?

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We don’t recommend it. Urethane paints designed for automotive or other hard substrates just don’t last long on fabric. They are fine paints for stiff, non-flexing surfaces, but were never designed to last for years on vibrating, flexing fabric. Be smart and use something designed from the start for fabric. Nothing is more disappointing that cracking paint over perfectly good fabric. And there is no easy remedy. You can’t strip it. You have to recover.