Simoniz satin black tough paint

Once you try painting with professional activated paints and spray guns, using an aerosol seems cheating and lazy – and, crucially, it never lasts. But aerosols are cheaper, easier, and you don’t need all the equipment or spend hours/hundreds of pounds practising, so when I wanted to quickly make my old, rusty silencers look better, I thought I’d take the risk – and awaited the chips and marks. Shaking the can to mix, you realise this Simoniz paint is thick. It can take ages to shake to mix in cooler temps but once it does, it goes on very nicely over a primer. I found a thin coat first, followed by thicker coats once dry, gave the best coverage. Don’t be alarmed if it stays glossy for quite some time – it will dull slightly to a satin finish. The end result, which takes some time to dry, is as it says: tough. I used it on the silencers with VHT (Very High Temperature) paint on the downpipes of the BMW. While the downpipes look tired and haggard already, the silencers looked great and even took a couple of knocks. I’ve had them on and off recently, sorting issues where they have scratched and touching up is visible, so it’s not powdercoating – but it is the most durable non-professional paint I’ve yet used. Excellent. „ £8-£12 „ Many outlets