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January, 2007

R-M Carizzma Flat Paint


The latest craze in the Automotive Aftermarket today is a Matte/Flat paint job for your vehicle. BASF brought this in the mainstream years back at SEMA and continues to make noise with this new technology. Read up on Flat Paint, and this should answer some questions you may have about it. If you have any more, just hit our forum here in CarizzmaColors.com or contact your local Jobber. 

About R-M Carizzma Flat Paint:
"At BASF, our main business is paint, where we offer multiple brands with a variety of applications. Carizzma which is the official paint of the TV Show Overhaulin', is a line under the BASF R-M brand. Carizzma allows a reduction in the gloss level of the clear coat, giving you the option to product any color in a flat finish. The technique and the product is essentially the same as any normal paint application; the trick lies in how BASF flattens out the clear in their proprietary mix ratio.

During the application process, however, there is one difference: On a regular paint job you wet sand and buff the finish when you are done. On a flat paint job, you skip that process, allowing the paint to simply air dry or bake.

Maintenance on Carizzma is very easy: Just hand wash, dry and you're done. The paint rarely scratches because of the flat DC92/DC98 clear and you never have to wax it!!!