Paint question

[greenmachine]

Hey guys. Been awhile, but I'm getting closer to paint. Lots of overtime. I know this has been asked b4 but I would like some opinions on the situation I have. I wanted a specific blue, but in chroma base it's 650 a gallon and I need two. The DuPont clear is 200 a gallon. My painter loves chroma base and centari SS. He recently was spraying a high dollar impala in centari black (150 a gallon), and It was absolutely beautiful. The finish was a mirror (because of his cut and buff). My question is, if my car will be garaged (no uv cooking the finish), with a good wax, will the centari live for a long time? At 1700 for chroma/clear vs. 300 for centari the savings is huge! My painter is very experienced with both. This not a show car, just a ground pounder. Sorry for the long windedness.

 

[WileE]

The answer is easy... yes. Although the last few cars I did, when I used a single-stage urethane, I used Chroma-One.

 

[eric383]

X2....it's been 2 years with the Centari I shot and looks just as good as ever. As long as it isn't a daily driver no problem.

 

[64440]

I say clear coat, ss is ok but in 10 years of waxing it will go thin. Clear wont die back as much over time and will hold up better. Chroma one is good but I'm still a base clear kinda guy, easy to work with and holds up better just my two cents. But I look forward to seeing the finished results either way. I'm a painter for a living so I've worked with both. On my personal car i (need to get some photos up) I used 4 coats of omni plus 06 viper red and 4 coats of nason select multi panel clear. Not really high dollar but it holds up nice and also the car lives inside 350ish days a year so uv is not a big worry . You might talk to your painter and see what he thinks but mayb check into the nason cłear c if u can save some $. Good luck man!!

 

[greenmachine]

Thanks guys. I have been talking to paint suppliers and explaining my intended use for the car (nice weather, always garaged, always waxed, etc. ), they acrylic enamel is fine. B/c is nice. But for 1700 hundred in paint/clear, I can buy a lot of 156.00 a gallon acrylic that will last 10 years with proper care, plus in ten years I might be ready for a different color. Lol. Thanks for the input and if there are any more opinions I'm all ears.

 

[eric383]

Sonny Black, who is on this board has a 63 Belvedere with a 30 year old S.S. respray and still looks good. I totally understand trying to save some cash. Good luck.