Summit racing paint ?

[9dreizig]

Any experience? Price is right, going to 2 stage ( I've used the single stage for my race car).
Just going to be white and it's not for concourse just daily driver/ track car

[962porsche]

yes I have used some. last summer a 53 chevy pickup came into my shop for new bed sides a new hood. the truck was painted in summit's Viper red. so I bought the paint from summit for it.
it called for a white sealer and the reduction was 2 to 1 for the base color.
because the clear was also summit I also ordered that.

I used the Transtar sealer I had in stock and then needed to spray 6 coats of base to get coverage to match the rest of the truck. it's like water o ordered a Gal of the viper red and used every drop in the bed and the hood. the coverage really sucked!
the clear was not much better pretty bad mil build from the clear so instead of my normal two coats I had to spray three.
at times people only look at the cost per product but do not think about coverage it takes for the lower cost products. at the end of the day I used about the same amount in costs as if I were to use say a product like Limco. the only plus for me is that I didn't have to deal with the color match as the paint was the same as on the truck.
when it comes to cost I also look at time of hands on the job. this is also a cost. if I have to go around a vehicle 4 or more time to get the same coverage then there is even less of a cost savings. time is money!
also because your needing to spray more coats your also adding in more chances of getting things like dust in the paint job. more coats = more wet open paint times.

as for spraying the summit product it sprays fine and lays down good. how ever like many lower cost clears it will get what is called dieback. that is when it will lose some of the wet glossy look of when you 1st spray it. the dieback wasn't to bad and the truck got color sanded and buffed anyways so it was easy to bring the gloss back up.
wet sanding and buffing.
if your looking to color sand and buff you will definitely want to spray three coats.
it did buff ok two days later after I painted it.
wet sanding wasn't to bad either I just sanded it with 1500 and buffed it.
if your looking at summit's paint you may also want to look into the Restoration shop paint brand.
I have used it a number of times and it too is about the same as summit's in fact I have a feeling it is the same?
I will use the restoration shops Acrylic enamel when I need to keep the cost down and I'm looking to do a solid color. TCP global offers it.

[Wellwood]

good insight - thanks for sharing.

[jjeffries]

962 is the true expert who does this for a living. Only other thing I'd add is that rather than do this by mail order, maybe visit one of the local jobbers who supply area bodyshops, and tell them what you're looking to accomplish on the cost/quality continuum and ask what they have that fits your needs. You might end up with a better value, and local support/knowledge is always a good thing, and maybe they'll agree to see you paint, plus abrasives and other consumables at trade discount.

John