# Painting a car flat black?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [June 19, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-a-car-flat-black/13519 "2006-06-19T18:12:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-a-car-flat-black/13519/27 "2006-06-20T20:57:21Z")

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Primer draws water in. Which over time leads to oxidation/rust. I painted my car with flat black primer but the car had lots of miles and I knew I wasn’t keeping it for more then 2 years at the time.

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