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Steve P.

Steve P.

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After a long summer of doing bodywork on a very sad
Bugeye, she's just about ready for paint. I'll be doing
it myself, and I'm certainly an amateur. I've heard that
those of us lucky (?!) enough to be in California have
restrictions on the type of paint we can buy. Can anyone
suggest a paint manufacturer that would be best?
I'm planning on using acrylic enamel.
Thanks! Steve
p.s.-it'll be white with either a red or black racing
stripe and red interior
 
Hi Steve, I happened to run into Bob Boyd this week end. He is a wheel in PPG's Automotive Refinish Dept Give him a Call at:310-692-4010 and he probably can shed some light on this paint bit here in CA.---Fwiw---Keoke
 
Steve,
Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) makes fine products of all sorts that are sold throughout CA. Valspar also makes some very good automotive finishes. I would suggest that you find the nearest automotive paint distributor and see what they have and how much advice they can give you. If they are local it is an important factor because you will likely buy more than the paint itself from them. By all means stick to one manufacturer for all of your finish paints and solvents. The guys who really know (i.e. professional painters)usually know what items can be substituted without problems, but most of us are far safer and will get better results if you use fresh chemicals and paints that are part of the same "system". Don't eliminate base coat/clear coat systems because they are so expensive. The nice thing about them is that they are designed to be buffed, so minor dust etc. can be fixed if your paint booth is not perfect. I'm hoping to have the time to paint my BN-2 this fall. Good luck and take your time with the prep work. The preparation should take many more hours than the actual painting so get it right and you'll be happy.

Jon Robbins
 
i used ppg paint for mine, have used the 2 pack (cyanide in it!)in the past but it is a very thin cover!, acrylic is easier altho enamel while it puts a thicker coat on and hides some small scratches etc does collect dust while it dries and needs the occasional buffing; better to ask the experts!
 
Oh, and while your at it ask about chipping to the paint, some paints chip off in big pieces, others only chip a little bit!
 
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