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pishta

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Looking for a quart/pint of Toyota 3K3 Garnet Pearl, crosses to Ditzler/PPG 4478 or Dupont W9512. Any paint guys that can mix help a brother out with a few cheap links? Id rather not pay ~$85 if there is a cheap single stage out there. Would shoot from small gun or airbrush as the damage is just chipped paint on a rubber nose that flexed. I should do the whole nose if I have enough.
 
Ppg has a lower line called omni. I use it all the time for side work. And i used it on my duster also when i painted it

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Checked it out. did you have coverage issues? I read it was very light in pigment. Like it took multiple coats for good coverage (30!) My nose is Garnet (dark red mica), and the surface under it is white! I guess I would need to prime it in a dark primer for good coverage.
 
pishta said:
Checked it out. did you have coverage issues? I read it was very light in pigment. Like it took multiple coats for good coverage (30!) My nose is Garnet (dark red mica), and the surface under it is white! I guess I would need to prime it in a dark primer for good coverage.
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Yes I used it and it's not worth the few dollars you save. I had to give it way more coats and Im Still not happy with the coverage.
 
All you have 2 do is slightly under reduce it. 3 coats and i was done
 
Here is a quart and gallon prices for single stage at TCP base is even more.

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dartfreak75 said:
They will have it no doubt but it ain't cheap! Last time I looked it was around 200 a quart for factory original colors
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When I painted my car almost 5 years ago, TCP's base coat was $200 a gallon, and their best clear was about $150. I know it has gone up, but it is excellent paint. I have been painting cars for about 40 years, and TCP paint sprays and covers as well as anything I have used. It is less than half the price of PPG. I am highly impressed with it. And you cant argue with results.
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harrisonm said:
When I painted my car almost 5 years ago, TCP's base coat was $200 a gallon, and their best clear was about $150. I know it has gone up, but it is excellent paint. I have been painting cars for about 40 years, and TCP paint sprays and covers as well as anything I have used. It is less than half the price of PPG. I am highly impressed with it. And you cant argue with results.
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That is a beautiful barracuda!! You did an amazing job!
 
Sometimes you can find the color paint you need on line. I went to the mixing bank at work and looked up the cost for a gallon of PPG base coat in the color I wanted and turns out it's over $1200 so looked it up on line and found the same paint for $700 shipped.
 
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