Summit paint

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I have used summit and Nason single stage. I am currently restoring a 65 Barracuda Formula S and am using Tamco 2 stage Paint. It is so much easier to spray. It really looks great as well. Also Tamco provided a near perfect color match to the original color.
 
Yes it is actually a tri-stage paint.
True pearl you do the following:
Shoot a flat base coat.
Shoot the Pearl.
Then clear coat.

Metallics are easier to shoot in base/clear because it flashes quick.
On single stage you can have a build up of metallic's, and actually have a metallic sag, but no run in the paint. Or tiger striping.

If this is your first paint job, stick with the base clear on the metallics, it is just easier to work with.
Downfall is you have to shoot twice as much paint.
Ok thank you I guess that not a true pearl then and it just the name of the paint lol. The name of it is burnt copper pearl. It's the top pic in my original post. It's pretty close to the color I want I wish I could find some pics of on a car tho.
 
Also Summits 2K HS primer with hardener is a good primer, for a little over $100 gallon.
 
Ok thank you I guess that not a true pearl then and it just the name of the paint lol. The name of it is burnt copper pearl. It's the top pic in my original post. It's pretty close to the color I want I wish I could find some pics of on a car tho.

Buy a qt from summit and paint a fender, if you don't like it you are not out a whole gallon of paint.
You can buy most of their paints in qts, and clear in qts.
 
Buy a qt from summit and paint a fender, if you don't like it you are not out a whole gallon of paint.
You can buy most of their paints in qts, and clear in qts.
Yea that's kinda what I was thinking too I found some paint on a another site but they only have gallon kits. I was thinking I could get a quart and spray my engine bay and if I dont like it I'm only out of 35 bucks instead of the whole gallon.
 
I had a little left from a qt when I did my duster engine compartment.
 
I was just looking and the color that I want they dont have in the quart bahahaha go figure. They have another one same color but it's a different part number any thing different I see is one is 2.8voc and the other isn't. The one that is not 2.8 is available in gallon and quarts. So I may have a winner there I'm gonna keep shopping around and look at these other suggestions posters have made I may find a better deal or better paint for the around the same deal. Has anyone ever tried the www.paintforcars.com
They have some really good deals they have whole kits but once again only gallons. Which would be fine If I could see it on a car before I bought it.
 
I have used summit and Nason single stage. I am currently restoring a 65 Barracuda Formula S and am using Tamco 2 stage Paint. It is so much easier to spray. It really looks great as well. Also Tamco provided a near perfect color match to the original color.
is your car a copper or a metallic light brown? My "S" was Copper when I bought it but I repainted it Poly silver to match the fender tag.
 
Any pictures?

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is your car a copper or a metallic light brown? My "S" was Copper when I bought it but I repainted it Poly silver to match the fender tag.
My 65 is AA 1 gold.
 
I was just looking and the color that I want they dont have in the quart bahahaha go figure. They have another one same color but it's a different part number any thing different I see is one is 2.8voc and the other isn't. The one that is not 2.8 is available in gallon and quarts. So I may have a winner there I'm gonna keep shopping around and look at these other suggestions posters have made I may find a better deal or better paint for the around the same deal. Has anyone ever tried the www.paintforcars.com
They have some really good deals they have whole kits but once again only gallons. Which would be fine If I could see it on a car before I bought it.
Tamco will sell quarts and mix any color.
 
I have this question pro body guys will know. On bc/c, the base is simply an acrylic urethane with NO hardner? Right? And a acrylic urethane single stage, can be coated with a clear which is simple a clear urethane? right?
I am no pro but I have done 7-8 cars in acrylic urethane single, and a couple in bc/cc. Seems way easier to do the bc/cc especially with a metallic and get the shine with the single stage. I use a slow reducer and get pretty good results and usually prefer the OEM look of the single. Seeems the clear messes with me and I use the best respirator I can find, but an not afford the frsh air system. I f I was not 70 yrs old I would buy the fresh air deal if I were gonna paint anything!!!
I say 95% of the cars people do now are bc//cc especially if they pay a shop to do it. The super shiny look!
 
bc/c base has a different binder which allows it to flash off quicker and even if you add hardener it is not the same as single stage. You can add clear over single stage as long as it is the proper clear - integrated urethane clear coat. This clear will allow the paint beneath to continue curing and will yield a slightly deeper and wetter look to the single stage. You cannot shoot regular B/CC over single stage that has not fully cured as you will end up with solvent pop (nice way of saying massive amounts bubbles) when the single stage beneath tries to gas off through the clear. You can, however, shoot b/cc clear coat over single urethane if it has fully cured. You will need to slightly wet sand (1000 to 1500 grit) and of course then clean off paint prior to shooting the clear.
 
We tried a Summit single stage, non-metallic. It comes pre-reduced (and pretty runny). The stuff laid out and cured nice but the color was so translucent there were some mismatches shooting (in pieces) over gray sealer. Might have gotten away with it over white. Additional coats would have worked too but then that's more material. In the end we recoated with a different base/clear. Don't think I'd use it again on something I really cared about.

I'd use base/clear if doing a metallic. Easier to work with, you can cut and buff, and easier to repair later.

(Before the respray I had a friend involved who was a very experienced painter in a production environment. He managed to get a lot of runs in it).
I had the same experience with their bright aqua pearl single stage. A high metallic/pearl color and 3 coats later still not fully covered. I didn't run the piss out of it but it begged to be pounded on trying to get coverage. My saving grace it was a cab and box being painted separately so not a big deal waiting for more materials and got lucky on the color match with 2 different batch #'s. I got through it just fine but with the lack of coverage, fighting mottle and doing drop coats I consumed 1.5 gal of color doing a short bed chevy not doing jambs or inside the box.
 
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