Hey guys, i have had a primer chevelle for the last year. It has a good coat of epoxy primer that just needs to be sanded down for a new finish. I found a local body man that i have a connection with who will paint the car in his spare time for a very reasonable price. Now this is an i provide the materials type of deal. I am looking into a bright green metallic color with white stripes. This is a factory color for my 70 if i am correct. What brands of paint should i be looking at? How much paint does it require to do a whole car? To do the stripes? What are good brands or types to look for in terms of a clear coat? Guys i am totally excited i am finally going to get this done and would really appreciate your help. Thanks a lot.

Daniel

Deltron base/clear coat expensive and worth it.

I would stick with a well known paint brand like PPG, Dupont, Martion Senour. Dont force your painter to use something that he isnt comfortable using. For example if he is used to spraying Dupont dont force PPG on him. Let him use what is knows how to use. Also stick with the top quality products, PPG has a lower level of paint called OMNI, Dupont has Nason. You get what you pay for so stick with the top level of paint.

As for how much paint I would get a gallon of basecoat. That gallon will then mix into 2 gallons when you spray since its mixed in a 1:1 ratio with reducer. That might seem like alot but nice to have extra in case you need to redo a spot or two and later down the road do some touch up work.

Clear coat selection all depends on your conditions in the paint booth. How much air flow do you have, whats the temp when spraying etc? If you select a slower drying clear it is more likely to get dirt in the paint. If you have poor air flow many times the clear can die back cause you have no air flow to remove the escaping solvents that are coming out of the clear. So if you have poor air flow and select a slow drying clear like PPG 2055 you are in a world of hurt.

The thing about clears is that the slower they dry the clearer they are and the harder they dry. Fast drying clears often get a yellowish look to them and very easily get rock chipped. But keep in mind the slower it dries the more dirt you will be wet sanding out because it stays open so much longer. Two nice clears in the PPG line are 2042 and 2055, the 2042 being a bit faster then the 2055. 2055 is an awesome clear if you have the flow...Eric

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Considering that you will spend several hundred $$$ on materials alone, lets hope the gentleman is a well-qualified auto painter. If so, he should be able to answer all your questions in detail. If he can't--or won't-- answer your questions in detail, you might reconsider the deal.

My $0.02

Guys, thanks for the advice. I am going to be talking to the painter tomarrow morning. Situation being i scratched a friends back, and his parents owns a body shop at which he also works at, so he scratched mine and talked to the head painter there who does side work. His first whole car was my friends 71 Dart that still looks beautiful to this day, that was 6 years ago now. I have full confidence in this guy. I am probably going to let him tell me what i need in terms of paint, it makes sense that he should work with what he is used to and comfortable with. And since my friend works at the shop and i know his parents, they might even let the painter use the body shop paint booth to. So hopefully this will be sooner than later. Thanks guys.

Daniel