Paint choice/brand advice needed
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Paint choice/brand advice needed
I have an 89 F-350 Crewcab that I am prepping for paint. I have a guy that will spray it for 125.00 plus a paint booth rental of 40.00. I've seen his work and its pretty good for what I want.
Truck will be used for camper towing and work at the ranch, so it will see some scratches from brush at the ranch. The color is Maroon, which I am finding out is more expensive than other colors not using red. I am looking for a single shot paint recommendations that will last 3-5 yrs with waxing.Not looking for show quality, just a decent paint that will holdup a few years.
Thanks for any recommendations
Truck will be used for camper towing and work at the ranch, so it will see some scratches from brush at the ranch. The color is Maroon, which I am finding out is more expensive than other colors not using red. I am looking for a single shot paint recommendations that will last 3-5 yrs with waxing.Not looking for show quality, just a decent paint that will holdup a few years.
Thanks for any recommendations
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From: Central Indiana
A suggestion
I would suggest looking into the Dupont Centari 5000 Acrylic Urethane line.
I shot this stuff on amusement ride car bodies with very good results. The park used this 'universal' cleaner that seemed to attack the PPG paint we had used previously but didn't harm the 5000. handles well, flows out decent, gives a very high gloss that is durable.
The big thing is re-coat at any stage of dry. A lot of paints have such a finicky window of re-coat. Not this stuff. It's not too expensive, either. I would suggest an epoxy primer under it, though.
Ray
I shot this stuff on amusement ride car bodies with very good results. The park used this 'universal' cleaner that seemed to attack the PPG paint we had used previously but didn't harm the 5000. handles well, flows out decent, gives a very high gloss that is durable.
The big thing is re-coat at any stage of dry. A lot of paints have such a finicky window of re-coat. Not this stuff. It's not too expensive, either. I would suggest an epoxy primer under it, though.
Ray
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From: Raphine, Virginia
Same advise I give everybody. Find your local auto paint supply store. They can advise and put you in a price range that you are comfortable with. Stay with one product line so there are no compatability issue's. Single stage acrylic enamel is forgiving and inexpensive compared to other paints and with the proper prep will do what you're asking for. As alway's, prep is the key, if thats not right, it won't make any diff what you put on it.
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From: Somewhere in da corn,Iowa
i vote against centari(if you want metallic at all) just from personal preference, i hate spraying that stuff. I vote for DuPont Imron 3.5HG(from their industrial paint line) we use it on a lot of 'Ranch Hand' Bumpers, nerf bars, etc...as well as a lot of agricultural equipment. Its very, VERY durable and user friendly. I was spraying that after about ~1 of painting with no problems.
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I would go with PPG, but I'm a little biased. PPG has a setup in the Delfleet Essentials line called ESSS. It is a single stage Polyurethane that will have better longevity than an Enamel and will be more scratch/chip resistant. It has extremely high gloss and lays out pretty nice. The best part is the package with hardener and a gal of paint is about $100 to the end user. I'm guessing Imron is more than that by alot.
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