First time painter needs help.

cudavert said

Good luck with it! Yes, as was mentioned, get that engine compartment completely degreased and don't forget to use that wax and grease remover on the car too. I painted my old 'cuda with off-white, single-stage.......first I shot the roof, then came back the did the rest of the car, the lower section. There was noticeable differences in the shade. I won't be doing that again.

I was just curious.....if you're going single-stage and thinking about doing a clearcoat, why not just do a 2-stage?

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well my thinking was that if the single stage turned out good i wouldnt have to clear it. but if it got all screwed up or orange peeled really bad i could cut it and clear it to keep the paint thick enought still. I understand what you guys are saying about painting the whole car with the flake paint. did some reading and the flake will lay differently every time so you have to spray the whole car. that is not a prob. If i can get the whole car primed and blocked then jammed. it would be easy to spray the rest of the car.