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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 08:51 PM
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I'm looking at possibly getting dark blue denim tins for my fatboy, question though, in some pictures, it looks glossy, in others, it looks flat as a pancake, which is it? Gloss would look alot better with the style I'm doing with this bike, and is way lower maintenance.

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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 08:56 PM
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It's both depending on the lighting.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 09:45 PM
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Had one. Denim is flat. However if you use wax, or even Pledge, it will start to gloss-up.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 03:19 AM
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Not sure about blue denim but my black denim 72 was flat
 
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 09:33 AM
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You can wet sand and polish a Harley Denim paint to a glossy paint if that's the look you want.
 
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10-4. thanks for the replies, think I'm gonna go a different route, I'm not into sanding or polishing new paint.
 
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Had one. Denim is flat. However if you use wax, or even Pledge, it will start to gloss-up.
Have your tired this? I am curious as to what it would look like. Semigloss?
 
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