Best cheap paint for driver quality

Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:22 PM

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.

Posted By: Pacnorthcuda

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:25 PM

I've had VERY good results with Omni on daily drivers. Held up very well. Wouldn't hesitate to use again.

Posted By: Dougsmopars

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:28 PM

Nason is also a good paint. Made by Dupont.

Posted By: 67plymouthman

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:29 PM

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.

Posted By: Pacnorthcuda

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:34 PM

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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???

Posted By: 67plymouthman

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 04:37 PM

Ya- there is some flake in sublime.

Posted By: elitecustombody

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 05:19 PM

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

Posted By: 67plymouthman

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 05:51 PM

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.

Posted By: Neil

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 06:09 PM

$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.

Posted By: 67plymouthman

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 06:23 PM

$600 just for the base in Hemi Orange-Dupont. Paint prices fluctuate quite often.

Posted By: Pacnorthcuda

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/15/10 08:01 PM

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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.

Posted By: cdp

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 04:23 AM

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.

Posted By: DaytonaTurbo

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 06:01 AM

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.

Posted By: sthemi

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 07:01 AM

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..

Posted By: cdp

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 12:41 PM

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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.

Posted By: wally426ci

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 08:08 PM

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.

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Posted By: sparcy

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/16/10 11:42 PM

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

Posted By: Challenger

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/18/10 11:24 PM

Pro-spray for bases and Southern Polyurethanes for primers and clears. www.southernpolyurethanes.com

Posted By: LastChanceGarage

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/19/10 01:27 AM

I sprayed this dart with Omni last year. took 3 coats to cover over gray sealer. I like omni's high solids clear.

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Posted By: 67plymouthman

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/19/10 03:17 AM

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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!!

Posted By: Silver70

Re: Best cheap paint for driver quality - 05/21/10 12:58 AM

From my experience the omni and nason both which I use regularly don't cover as well. But I like both and still use them. Hard to beat the price after using some chromabase more recently. Lately I used the nason ful-base with a good dupont clear.