The blackest black paint ever


Thought I'd share, I bet there's a bunch of applications in HT screens here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/culturehustle/the-blackest-black-paint-in-the-world-black-30

Also, it's very cool stuff. I have no financial interest in it, but figuring out a good use for it will keep me up for a while.
erik_squires

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I'm sure this is where your computer monitor is a limiting factor in seeing what this paint really looks like.  Unfortunately, I have never seen this tint in person, lol.
I had an arts and crafts friend actually point me to this black coating.  I totally agree with Eric that not all black is created equal.  I had been trying to find a really good non-reflective coating for some wood boxes.  However, none of the finishes I tried really did what I wanted. 

The "clearbase" that iceageaudio tries to tell us is the only black is likely a combination of polyeurathane and a form of black dye.  This ends up being either gloss black or flat black.  Obviously, gloss black is highly reflective and ends up being very much like a mirror.  I have a B&W D3 speaker that i have to cover with a towel because it's piano black is so highly reflective that I am seeing a mirror image of my projected movie, lol.

The flat black paint I ended up going with still had a level of reflectivity which still caused problems because the box was so close to the edge of the screen - it was reflecting light from the screen.

This BLK 3.0 or Vanta Black type compound may have been the best solution, but at $22 for a small bottle, I was worried about how much I would have had to buy. lol.