The Black Market Musou Black Fabric KIWAMI, Backcoated - A4 Sized Cut

I've long wanted some vantablack but never found anything I could buy. This is the closest thing I've found. Looking at it next to a "black" object is eye opening. I plan to hang it on my wall, framed in matte black for comparison. Photos don't do it justice! Watch a youtube video like "I Painted My Entire Room With Musou Black" to get a sense of just how dark this is.

I didn't have high hopes for this product, but it's just fantastic. It's expensive for its size, so I recommend it only if it's affordable for you. Be careful with the dust in the room and don't use it outdoors, because the surface is like velvet and any speck of dust can easily stay on it and it's annoying to remove it later. I leave this reference image, There is a light shining directly into my hand, my keyboard is the same black as the fabric, exactly the same black color, however you can see the difference between a plastic material that reflects the light and the fabric that doesn't reflect the light at all, it's like pure black. If you make a photography set with this black fabric, and add a polarizing light filter, you can have the perfect combo. I was surprised. 100% recommended.

Great product. The size is slightly misleading. It is the size of a sheet of paper.

I got this for my gf to display her crystal gems on, then I made a jewelry box so I had bought more to line the inside of it with. The material is super black and makes for great backgrounds or to do table top photography with. I wish I could find more of it in a larger roll so I could make clothing from it but I need more $$.

This material works, however, the downside is it’s nearly impossible to keep clean. Even the tiniest speck of dust that makes its way onto this thing will show up in your photography. I’ve used compressed air and packing tape to try and keep the surface free of anything airborn that has landed on it, but it’s nearly impossible. I can’t see this material being beneficial anywhere outside of an actual clean room environment complete with HEPA filtration and laminar airflow. It’s also delicate, so be prepared to find a secure, dust-free enclosure of some kind to store it in so it doesn’t get creased, wrinkled, stained or compressed in any way. I personally switched to using a homemade light box and then edit the photos for free in the Photoroom app for a black background and I achieve the same results without the added task of Photoshopping out all the visible dust particles.

For flocking a telescope or internal camera components, nothing I have found is blacker than this. It is far, far more light absorbing than the adhesive-backed flocking papers I have purchased from several telescope vendors. This stays black even when viewed at various angles, though if you are dumping an insane amount of direct light onto it and viewing it at an angle of around 45 degrees, you will get some shine - but I know of NO product on the market that would not do the same thing yet be worse. For any reviewers claiming it isn't that black, or that a blacker product exists, I would love to see proof with a link to another product that they feel is more light absorbent than this.

HOW IS THIS FABRIC SO BLACK?! Easily, and I mean easily, the blackest fabric you'll likely find. Its blacker than their paint too. It feels surprisingly durable. This is hard to describe but its so black it'll blow out images if youre not careful. I attached a photo of the blackest tape I had along with a swatch of the blackest fabric I had before called "VL".

I don't believe this is truly Musou material. It has the same texture as velvet, and attracts lint and dust. It is decent for flat surfaces, but curving the material makes it reflective. If it were truly Musou, it should absorb light at any angle. In the picture, you can see the reflection where the fabric curves.