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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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Best Paint To Use??

i am going to be painting my vehicle again this spring, and i want to change the color, and i want to know which is the best paint to use?

im not sure which color ill be going with yet, but just wanted some ideas on what would be the best paint.

has anyone heard of DUPONT? i seen a car my uncle painted it the paint looks very nice. is there better?
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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Dupont, PPG, and house of kolor are all top notch.
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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second that for PPG. top notch stuff, great shine on the 2002 clear as well.
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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i did my car in standox base with PPG clear. some other companies that i have used and would reccommend are:
PPG
standox
dupont
sikkens
RM
dimont(sp)

i also heard that glasso is good stuff. if you are on a "budget" dont even bother looking at standox, sikkens or house of kolors
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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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PPG clears are great. But i have found that they are not very user friendly. If U know how to paint there ok.. I use depont very easy system. But like other have said there are alot of good paint brands..
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 01:25 AM
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if you use dfx-11 supercharger with the concept 2002 clear then there is 1 more activator that is used (i forget the number) then it is mixed 1:1:1/2, which is simple when useing mixing cups, and it makes the clear go further

Dupont stuff is just as good as the ppg stuff, and glasseret makes great stuff as well. i try to stay away from sikkens, had bad experences with them, and house of kolor is expensive considering the same stuff can be had from ppg or dupont for less.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 08:49 AM
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Ive used PPG and Dupont and both are great (probably most other large brands are as well) I think you should be more concerned with the prep and application than the paint brand.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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All of the major players make great paint. Just make sure that whatever brand you go with, you use a urethane paint, preferrably a 2 stage with a basecoat and a clearcoat.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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My personal experiance has shown me that the PPG clears tend to lay out better than the duponts. Dupont always seems to have more texture to it than the PPG.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by B Rhodes
Ive used PPG and Dupont and both are great (probably most other large brands are as well) I think you should be more concerned with the prep and application than the paint brand.
i wont be doing the sanding, or primering, or painting, my uncle is a professional painter, i was just wondering which paint would turn out the best, he recommended Dupont, he will be using a base coat and clear coat.

what exactly did yo men by concerned with prep and application?
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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He meant that the quality of the body work and the talent of the guy doing the painting will both have a much more drastic effect on the quality of the finished product than the brand of paint used, and he's absolutely correct.
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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ok i get that, he just painted a new jaguar and it looks amazing, i trust him to say the least.
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