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Best cheap paint for driver quality #698456 05/15/10 12:22 PM 05/15/10 12:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	I am getting ready to paint my 70 coronet 440 and am wondering what the best cheap base paint you guys use. My car will be a "driver" not an OE resto. I have used Nason base before and it didn't cover very well. I have used Omni before and it covered well and liked it but I have heard a lot of negative things about it. My friend used to use Crossfire a lot but is now unhappy with it. As far as clear goes, I have always liked Nason 465. And yes, I know that the cheaper bases don't match as well. Where I live, Chroma Base is over $600/gallon and Omni is $100 for Hemi Orange.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: 67plymouthman] #698457 05/15/10 12:25 PM 05/15/10 12:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington	I've had VERY good results with Omni on daily drivers. Held up very well. Wouldn't hesitate to use again.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #698458 05/15/10 12:28 PM 05/15/10 12:28 PM
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Dougsmopars top fuel D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon	Nason is also a good paint. Made by Dupont.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #698459 05/15/10 12:29 PM 05/15/10 12:29 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	Ya, I had a different 70 Coronet painted w/Sublime (Omni) it looked really good. I had it for a couple of years and sold it out of this area- so I don't know how it looks now. Sublime is also expensive because of the blonde metalic.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: 67plymouthman] #698460 05/15/10 12:34 PM 05/15/10 12:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington	Quote: Ya, I had a different 70 Coronet painted w/Sublime (Omni) it looked really good. I had it for a couple of years and sold it out of this area- so I don't know how it looks now. Sublime is also expensive because of the blonde metalic. 1970...Sublime...Metallic???

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #698461 05/15/10 12:37 PM 05/15/10 12:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	Ya- there is some flake in sublime.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: 67plymouthman] #698462 05/15/10 01:19 PM 05/15/10 01:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida elitecustombody pro stock
elitecustombody pro stock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,572 Jacksonville Florida	Matrix,Wandabase,Valspar,Pro-spray would be my choices. Nason(lower end of DuPont) and Omni(lower end of PPG),Dimension(lower end of Sherwin Williams) are watered down and will take more than 3 coats to get coverage,meaning you would need more paint and reducer ,than if you had went with better paint Matrix,Wandabase,Valspar,Pro-spray (all of them are on their own) on the other hand covers in 1 to 2 coats.I've sprayed just about every paint brand out there and speak from 20+ years of experience ,not a weekend or once every 5 years painter

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: elitecustombody] #698463 05/15/10 01:51 PM 05/15/10 01:51 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	Thanks Stephen, I have seen your posts in the past and have always appreciated them. If you were me and wanted a cheaper "driver" paint job- would you go with the matix system or use a particular brands epoxy, high build, base, and/or clear.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: 67plymouthman] #698464 05/15/10 02:09 PM 05/15/10 02:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,543 Eagle, Idaho Neil The Doctor is in.
Neil The Doctor is in. Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,543 Eagle, Idaho	$600.00 a gallon for the base or the base and clear? I paid a little over $300.00 for a gallon of PPG base color. BTW my car is FJ5 and I don't think it has any flake in it.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Neil] #698465 05/15/10 02:23 PM 05/15/10 02:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	$600 just for the base in Hemi Orange-Dupont. Paint prices fluctuate quite often.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: 67plymouthman] #698466 05/15/10 04:01 PM 05/15/10 04:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington	Quote: Ya- there is some flake in sublime. No flake in the original Sublime--only in the 'new' version reintroduced on chargers back in about 2005ish.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #698467 05/16/10 12:23 AM 05/16/10 12:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,691 MO C cdp master
cdp master C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,691 MO	A friend just shot some Omni (ppg) on a mid-80's dodge pickup. Its a factory red truck. PPG base was 600, the Omni was 100. He said he took other red paints left over from previous jobs and applied a base before applying the final coats of the correct paint. Meaning, it will take several coats of the cheaper hues to cover. You should probably add color to your sealer before painting the final coats of color.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: cdp] #698468 05/16/10 02:01 AM 05/16/10 02:01 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	My buddy wants me to shoot his 94 vw with the "restoration shop" brand paint from TCP Global on ebay. Their base/clear kit that comes with 1gal base/1gal clear + activators is $200. He wants to try it so I guess we'll see.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #698469 05/16/10 03:01 AM 05/16/10 03:01 AM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,319 Chicago Burbs sthemi master
sthemi master Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,319 Chicago Burbs	I did this Roadrunner in Omni R4 and it came out very nice.,But like one of the other posters mentioned Omni is very watered down. My Paint guy adjusted the mix and doubled the formula for the fillers in the paint, and cut the amount of clear down. This stuff covered amazingly...I probably could have done the car in one double coat ! You might check into the Eastwood paint, they have a new line of factory color paints at a good price.. 5985016-Scan10226.JPG (163 downloads) Video Little Red Wagon Indy Nats,BurnoutContest

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #698470 05/16/10 08:41 AM 05/16/10 08:41 AM
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cdp master C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,691 MO	Quote: My buddy wants me to shoot his 94 vw with the "restoration shop" brand paint from TCP Global on ebay. Their base/clear kit that comes with 1gal base/1gal clear + activators is $200. He wants to try it so I guess we'll see. I have some "restoration shop" brand mixed in AMC orange to paint my 440. I havn't sprayed it yet, but I'm curious of the coverage.

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: cdp] #698471 05/16/10 04:08 PM 05/16/10 04:08 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,554 Maryland wally426ci master
wally426ci master Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,554 Maryland	I got great coverage with 2 coats of Omni "Desert turquoise" I hear the Omni single stage paint is watered down but the Base/clear paint was pretty nice. 5985759-omni.JPG (198 downloads)

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: wally426ci] #698472 05/16/10 07:42 PM 05/16/10 07:42 PM
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sparcy enthusiast S Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 342 dracut mass usa	used omni paint on the jams and R M on the out side surface sublime the original color no blonde or metalic single stage .every thing ,,like thinner hardner and the paint under 200.00 painted it last summer still looks good my brother builds custom bikes and has used R M FOR YEARS IF YOU ARE NOT WRECKING STUFF YOU ARE NOT LEARNING !

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: sparcy] #698473 05/18/10 07:24 PM 05/18/10 07:24 PM
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Challenger enthusiast C Joined: May 2005 Posts: 221 Missouri	Pro-spray for bases and Southern Polyurethanes for primers and clears. www.southernpolyurethanes.com

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: Challenger] #698474 05/18/10 09:27 PM 05/18/10 09:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 573 Spencer, Indiana LastChanceGarage mopar
LastChanceGarage mopar Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 573 Spencer, Indiana	I sprayed this dart with Omni last year. took 3 coats to cover over gray sealer. I like omni's high solids clear. 5990462-projects021.jpg (212 downloads) 1969 GTX 1971 super bee 1972 Duster 1973 Charger Rallye 400 auto 1995 Dakota Sport 5.2 auto

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality [Re: LastChanceGarage] #698475 05/18/10 11:17 PM 05/18/10 11:17 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado 6 67plymouthman OP enthusiast
67plymouthman OP enthusiast 6 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 337 Colorado	Quote: I sprayed this dart with Omni last year. took 3 coats to cover over gray sealer. I like omni's high solids clear. Looks good!!

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