Is this normal for a Predator blak 4-5 ?

Savant

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I purchased and just received a Blak 4-5 directly from predator and the black finish/paint looks translucent i.e I can see the base wood of the butt through it all over the butt. Is this how it's supposed to look ?
 

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Gloor

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean exactly but it looks as I would expect it to be when compared to the website. You have wood stained in black colour and then there is coating on top of that thats transparent to give it the glossy look.
What precisely is the issue here? Maybe I'm missing something

I purchased and just received a Blak 4-5 directly from predator and the black finish/paint looks translucent i.e I can see the base wood of the butt through it all over the butt. Is this how it's supposed to look ?
 

Savant

Member
I thought it would’ve been solid black with no base wood showing through. It looks solid on their website to me
 

Gloor

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I see. Well, its true that some of their pictures give the impression of solid black but there is one that shows that its transparent. Also, in the video you can see the transparency too. I agree its not very clear and also depends how calibrated your monitor is (mine is calibrated) so you may be deceived by that also.
The render shots don't help either.



I thought it would’ve been solid black with no base wood showing through. It looks solid on their website to me
 
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