Check this out...some decent info: http://www.neilslade.com/CarPainting/fiftydollarmyth.html

So let's say one decides to embark on a painting adventure, where do you get a quart of Grand Prix white for a 25 year old Porsche? Do you do a base and a clearcoat or just single stage?
I read some other threads on this. Is it possible you could have decent (not concours) results with a $60 Harbor Freight HVLP turbine gun when some here have $800 units they aren't happy with? Doesn't seem possible.

Sherwin-Williams. Just give them your paint code.

If you go down the aerosol can path let me know and I will send you some gun handle can triggers - makes the spraying less intensive on you index finger.

Occasionally paint shops have issues finding the correct "color table" to get an exact match. I have found that BASF more often that not has dead-on numbers. If you need the color %s, drop me a line, I have the full (domestic & import) BASF color table guide for 1950-1990.

Here is a pic of a quart of PPG Delstar single stage that I bought to tuch up a spot on my '79 GP White SC. It was a perfect match, but my car had been resprayed in GP White by the PO....I felt pretty lucky that it matched (most times, I have issues with color matching).

I also am posting a pic of my favorite spray gun that I picked up at an airplane fly-in/flea market. It was cheap and I intended to just use it for primer, but it sprayed so nice, I have used it for years and painted many cars and airplanes with it. :eek: I own a few old Devilbiss guns, an old Binks, a Croix Turbine HLVP system and a bunch of cheap trim/touch up guns. I truly love my cheap gun in the pic the most. Ultimately, the gun is not usually the cause of lousy paint jobs...rather it is the lack of know how of the user in regards to prep, setup, technique etc. My advice to anyone attempting their first paintjob...practice on some old fenders or something including prep/primer/sanding/painting to get the feel for it. Differents brands and paint systems often require different techniques. I know I always practice/test any new system I try.



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Where abouts in Indiana are you?

I have the BASF Smart Color Formula Lookup cd and could email you the formula.

I'm in Lafayette about halfway between Chi-town and Indy.
I only "paint-to-match" once and a while, usually all the painting I do in my shop is custom or whole-car jobs.

If you get a chance you should head this way in August. I'll be hosting another Pelican 944 gathering at my shop this year to replace/tension belts, repair/recharge A/C, etc. It's good times!

-Nick

Are you a Purdue boy also? I might just try to make it in August especially now that 24 is being fixed. Between going to Purdue and Superior Parts in Logansporte, before they closed, I spent a lot of time down that way. Are you a full service body shop? I do a lot of heavy collision and total rebuilding.

Tim might be slow but he carries a BIG GUN

Skip the roller and use the cheap HF paint gun. I painted an e30 with that and Rustoleum Professional High Performance Enamel. You can buy it in pints at Lowes or HD. Comes in tons of colors and is $12.

Thin it with a few caps of paint thinner, the consistency of whole milk. Then spray. Make sure you wear a breather.