5 ms·

Always reminds me of that ship at the The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Would be interesting to see car painted with this sort of paint. Or sufficient

• littlestymaar 3y ago
  > Not that it wouldn't get too hot to be usable... It wouldn't actually, unless its infra-red emissivity was much lower than its visible light behavior. (which is why bright metallic surface become so hot in the sun: they absorb little visible light radiation but emit even less infra-red)
• SalimoS 3y ago
  to be honest the car with this black is unreal https://www.tiktok.com/@dipyourcar.com/video/7298473006874004779 https://www.tiktok.com/@dipyourcar.com/video/729847300687400...
• fauria 3y ago
  BMW produced a single of unit of Vantablack X6: https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html (absorbs 99,965% of visible light).
  • arjvik 3y ago
    I wish this was sold :/
    • schoen 3y ago
      It's super cool, but maybe not a great idea for safety? Like from some angles you might literally not be able to see it at night, even under streetlights or when illuminated by another car's headlights. And also from some angles it might totally mess up depth perception, kind of like dazzle camouflage, so other drivers might not be able to avoid it as well as they could avoid a car painted in a color that gave better depth cues. Maybe in a hypothetical future where you don't need human beings to be able to see and predict cars' position with their eyes? :-)
    • terom 3y ago
      I'm guessing the paint is very fragile, and it wouldn't survive any wear and tear. > This show car is destined to remain a one-off because of the enormous difficulty involved in making Vantablack paint suitably durable for everyday automotive use. The car paint needed for the world’s blackest black would also be extremely expensive, not to mention questionable in terms of road safety due to its level on the absorption spectrum.
    • nkrisc 3y ago
      It looks cool, but if you wanted to design a car that causes accidents, this would be pretty effective way of doing so. It would also probably melt the interior in summer.
      • rowanG077 3y ago
        I would guess a fully mirrored car is much worse.
  • pmontra 3y ago
    An oven in summer and stealth at night?
• Lio 3y ago
  I've wondered about this for repainting my bike frame. I wonder, what it would look like after the first time it got dirty and how hard it would be to clean? Would a clear coat over the top negate the effect enough that it wouldn't be worth it?
  • kylebenzle 3y ago
    Not only would it cost $1,000+ it wouldn't work at all and maybe last like 24 hours IF you were extremely careful and didn't touch the bike
  • GuB-42 3y ago
    A clear coat on top of a superblack paint would probably make it look like a black mirror, or a computer screen that is turned off. You definitely won't get the "black hole" effect. That's, by the way, how Ventablack and Black 4.0 are different. Black 4.0 is really black when looked straight on, but looked at an angle, it will start reflecting light (Fresnel effect), it is apparent on the submitted picture as you can clearly see the paintbrush marks. Ventablack is supposed to be much blacker at grazing angles. That's without a clear coat of course.
  • mtreis86 3y ago
    It will burn you in the sun
• leetbulb 3y ago
  It's pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll27OkWuE1g&t=464s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll27OkWuE1g&t=464s