By now we’ve all seen the astonishing results of covering an object in black paint that absorbs over 99% of light it loses all shape, form, and depth. But what happens when you mix those super-black paints with highly-reflective color-shifting sparkles and then paint a car? The result is like staring into the deepest reaches of space.
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Anish Kapoor owns the exclusive rights to Surrey NanoSystems’ Vantablack paint, which is made from carbon nanotubes that are capable of trapping and absorbing 99.965% of visible light. Human vision is based on detecting light rays that have bounced off the objects all around us, but with Vantablack applied, an object looks like a featureless black hole. Kapoor’s ownership means no one else can use VantaBlack, but thankfully, others have found ways to create paints that behave like Vantablack does. A Japanese company called Koyo Orient Japan has a Musou Black paint that absorbs 99.4% of visible light. For around $30, anyone can bu
Mercedes-AMG A35 Drag Races A45 S In Hot Versus Hotter Hatchback ++ Spoiler alert: the yellow AMG A-Class wins.
You’d be forgiven for thinking these two cars are pretty much the same as they don’t look that much different. Yes, the AMG A45 S has the Panamericana grille and double the number of exhaust tips, but the A35 still has a properly aggressive hot hatch design when fitted with the optional AMG Aerodynamics Package.
However, £12,000 ($16,000) separates these two in the UK where the comparison took place. The AMG A35 offers 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet (400 Newton-meters) of torque from a turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline engine. These are certainly healthy numbers for only a four-pot, but they pale in comparison to the hand-built engine underneath the A45 S’ hood. At 421 hp and 369 lb-ft (500 Nm), it’s the most powerful mass-produced four-cylinder engine.
Ultra-Black Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Looks Amazing With Sparkly Finish ++ This car would look amazing on the road.
You might recall the DipYourCar YouTube channel s recent project of painting a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution in Musou Black. The special paint is in a color that absorbs 99.4 percent of visible light to make a real-world object appear two dimensional. Now the team is back with an even more ambitious plan to add HyperShift to create an automotive paint finish like nothing you ve ever seen.
The challenge is that Musou Black s special properties mean that you can t treat it like normal paint. Applying the HyperShift like usual results in a hazy finish that looks awful. Instead, DipYourCar comes up with a strategy of combining the color-shift layer with naphtha thinner and then waiting for the naphtha to dissolve.