Cheap Single Stage paint?

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PPG's Omni. Excellent value for the money.

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Don't do Omni or shopline depending on if it's a planium dealer or not but Omni/shopline will die out in no time. Not worth the coin to use unless you are a used car sales man IMO!

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I am having all the big dents taken out on my R/T and just want to get some color back on it till I do a complete resto in 3-4 years, it will ever sit outside other than when I'm driving it.

What about Maaco?

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Don't do Omni or shopline depending on if it's a planium dealer or not but Omni/shopline will die out in no time. Not worth the coin to use unless you are a used car sales man IMO!

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I painted a 240sx in Omni, daily driver, never garaged and sold it 4 years later, paint was in GREAT shape. My current daily driver ( a dodge stealth) has several panels reprinted in Omni, no issues. It's a good value paint, far from the best, far from the cost of the best, but still a very good paint.

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Avoid Maaco or Earl Schieb. Poor prep work and material will lead to problems.

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Dave talk to the owner of the Maaco at 51st Ave just north of Glendale. I know of several guys that got very nice paint out of him. He must break Maaco rules or something. I'm going to jam my valiant and talk to him myself

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Omni is ok if your using solid colors but their metallic are very poor covering. You'll wind up having to put more coats on which will take away some of the cost savings.

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I'll preface this with "its just my humble opinion".......

you never said whether you were going to shoot it yourself or pay someone to do the job.....the paint regardless of the quality & price of it is the cheapest part of the job.

If your going to shoot it yourself why "cheap" out on paint & I dont mean only in price.

Its been suggested NOT to use products like Omni - never used it so cant say anything bout quality but I've heard the same about it before.

Are you willing to accept poor quality body work at this point that'll only last 2-3 years and if thats unacceptable at this point & you want quality body work but think you'll be saving $$ with "cheap" paint, why ??

If your cars been sanded sown to metal & the dents are being massaged out it doesnt take anymore time to do quality bodywork at that point, might as well do the good work now then put something decent on top.

Perhaps an upper half resto at this point will get you to where you want to be faster then a cheapy drive by spray job & a re-do in 4 years.......


All that said, some high quality paints for reasonable prices - ProSpray - talt to Chad @ http://www.autorodtechnologies.com/

http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/ talk to BArry, I think he's even selling single stage paint again in some stock colors.

I've shot a bunch of misc colors of Martin Senour from NAPA, motorcycle, misc car parts, bicycle, etc... matter of fact the sidemarkers bezels on the 71 are in MS.

Anyways, good luck & some food for thought.

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"I guess you can't read. "

some peoples kids.

dont bother asking for advice if your unwilling to listen.......

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Where did I ever say I was doing a full resto or doing shoddy bodywork? This car is still wearing it's original paint. According to you I need to do a full blown body and paint and as I stated that is not in my plans at this time.

This thread might help you understand what I'm trying to accomplish.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...&fpart=alli

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"I guess you can't read. "

some peoples kids.

dont bother asking for advice if your unwilling to listen.......

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Where did I ever say I was doing a full resto or doing shoddy bodywork? This car is still wearing it's original paint. According to you I need to do a full blown body and paint and as I stated that is not in my plans at this time.

This thread might help you understand what I'm trying to accomplish.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...&fpart=alli

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"I guess you can't read. "

some peoples kids.

dont bother asking for advice if your unwilling to listen.......

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Where did I ever say I was doing a full resto or doing shoddy bodywork? This car is still wearing it's original paint. According to you I need to do a full blown body and paint and as I stated that is not in my plans at this time.

This thread might help you understand what I'm trying to accomplish.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...&fpart=alli

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you asked about cheap paint, thats all you said. THen you expanded that to " I just want to get some color on it for a few years". What I suggested was far from a full resto, then you comment about leaving it in primer & out in the weather. Primer's not waterproof unless its epoxy, I also pre4faced my comments with "in my humble opinion" thus meaning I'm suggesting things your not asking for or about.

your post is so vague about your process and contradictory in some ways it seems like more info is better & not only for you but perhaps others reading about resto / paint process who want to do the same. Posting isn't an " its all about me" everytime, the info is for everyone sometimes especially when there's so much bad info about painting out there.

I'm sharing information from experience, not from fantasy but apparently all your interested is in "cheap paint" so buy the cheapest "omni", "shopline" or whatever primer you can find, do the bodywork & let it sit outside for a few years so the filler on top of the new body work under the cheap primer can absorb some moisture so you can have the pleasure of doing it all over again in a few years!

enjoy.......

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