anyone use Dupli-color paint shop finish systems?

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Anyone have any experience with these products?


If i pick up the daytona i'm looking at, i'm gonna want it painted, and i figured i'd do it myself. The car will be a daily driver not a show car so its either i paint it, or maaco does for their cheapest price.
I have a gun and 60gal compressor. ive painted my SS engine compartment before, and it came out good. That was with PPG products with mixing reducers and all and certain times you can recoat etc.
This system is lacquer, and ready to spray with no re-coat time window.
Its a primer, color, clear system.
Each Quart of product is 19.95.

About how many quarts of each would i need for a ttop daytona? (doing jams)

EDIT: was just reading a hotrod forum with a debate over this stuff, apparently its hated, lol. i really didnt know it was so looked down upon... geez. I have nothing against using PPG products on the daytona, just thought this would be easier and cheaper, but now i see maybe not. I admit im new to painting and i need advice and ill take it. When i did the SS job, i bought a Qt or pewter, the reducer, qt of clear, prep-sol, strainers cups stirrers etc and it was about $350, and when i was done, i had about 1/2 of the color and clear left, and even more than half of the other stuff. How many qts of ppg color and clear would i need to paint the daytona? if the dupli-color stuff is so bad, i dont mind sepnding the extra coin on a ppg system.... opinions? advice?

oh yea, as for a ppg color, itd be something close to GMs Artic White, somethign simple to mix and even match maybe in the future if i need to. BTW, the paint shop i wne t to last time informed me there are like 16 variations of light pewter metallic, it was fun for us trying to match mine lol.

Just as an example, Heres pics of my SS painting...

[rbaksi]

that looks really nice. Great job!

[HardcoreZ28]

The Dupli-Color stuff is cheap for a reason Paul. Even for a daily driver I'd question it's durability and rust preventative properties. If you don't want to go with PPG look into some other less expensive alternatives including Dupont, Sherwin Williams, or there's some other inexpensive European brands available. To do a car that small you may be able to get away with 3 quarts of color and 3 quarts of clear...plus the reducers if they are a 50/50 mix.

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yea, the car is ttops, and daytonas arent that big especially with the hatchback window and side triangle windows. Plus im keeping the gfx silver so i wont have to paint them, just remove them.

The paint shop i used only sells PPG i think, where can i buy say dupont products?



I just talked to my friend who happens to be painting his car this week... i asked him what brand he's using and he said Summit... i was like WTF? and he sent me this link.... i dunno. ill see how his turns out in sept. ill prob go for dupont...
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-UP301/

[HardcoreZ28]

I get my Dupont from Blaise of Color in Plainfield.

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i passed on the daytona, haha so no car to paint right now.
but ill still have my iroc and Ram in the future.

Paul, how long can PPG paint stay good in a can? i wanna paint a hatch with pewter from my engine compartment job, but the paint will be like 2 years old, i assume itll be no good.

[HardcoreZ28]

If it's sealed up tight it should still be good. Just mix it up really well and try a test panel first.