Lolol you got that right!!! That’s the biggest drawback to being a painter, you can do the bodywork anywhere, BUT when it comes down to painting, ughhhhhhh, a booth is practically a “gotta have”
LOVE that color, especially on a '69... though I might be a bit biased If that color was around in 1989 when mine was painted, I would have went with that in a heartbeat (instead of the Toyota Burgundy Pearl Mica) Gonna need more photos!
Thank you! It’s Auto Art high solids 2 to 1 to 10% reducer, I can’t remember the product number. I spray 2 coats, that’s it. That pic was my first coat, I put it on wet, no misting for me Tri stage (completes) beat me up
I’m partial too it also, first time I saw it on a Mazda SUV I’m like “WOW!” I get more pics after I sand and rub/polish.
I was a first class auto painter for 20+ years retire from painting 2004. 1 I was pretty much was making the most I could make and 2 I got tired of making all the major paint manufactures look good spending crazy amount of time matching paint colors to make them look good. The only thing I ever sprayed in an open garage was my stage 1 with Dupont diamond black lacquer with clearcoat. I Also painted in my brothers Ford Granada enamel in his garage white turned out great but the paint got was all over the place what a mess stunk forever. I had for the most part always had some kind of spray booth to use.
Yep! Without a booth your at the mercy of the elements, factors beyond your control. You can blow off, and wet down, but that lasts for only a few minutes, plus when your spraying your disturbing the air again. Painting is physically and mentally draining.
The cost for the 46V (Tri stage) was near 2000.00 For the 5 litre can of clear, and hardener was 500.00 or so. Then there’s the reducer, sealer/activator. I do remember for this particular order it was almost 3000.00
Getting insane..In Late 80's my shop would paint a car in latest PPG Urethane DBU for $1000 labor included.Last full respray we did in Dupont line was $1500 for paint and clear in cheapest color...white
I hear yah on the cost! When I brought up my ‘75 Electra from South Carolina back in 86/87 it was Mt. Vernon cream (like Bamboo cream) I wanted to paint it burgundy metallic, NOPE too expensive! Centari black, 33.00 a gallon
At one time Dupont made the majority of automotive paints in the U.S. I don't know where that stands now.
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Does DuPont still make automotive paint? "); display: inline-block; height: 24px; width: 24px; transform: rotateZ(180deg);"> DuPont Coatings Reborn as Axalta : PaintSquare News. The founding father of the automotive paint business is being laid to rest. DuPont Performance Coatings, rooted in the dawn of the Automobile Age, now sports a new name after the completion of its $4.9 billion sale to The Carlyle Group on Feb 5, 2013.
