Asce

So I'm getting to the point of looking for primers, base coats, and clear paint. I'm in love with the House of Color tangelo pearl PBC32. I went down to the local paint store to get a quote and she said that they can mix it and that they spray a main layer of white clear and then a tinted clearcoat/transparent coat over that and then just shoot a clear over that. She said to mix the reduced to a ratio of 1.1 with the paint and that I should have about 3 quarts of each before the reduced is added, which comes out to 1 1/2 gallons of base and tinted clear coat. They use PPG and the low grade is $149.97 for the base and $389.97 for the tinted clear. Total of $579.76, my question is how come I couldn't use a metallic white primer, then tangelo base coat, with 2 layers of pearl clear, and 2 layers of clear over that. Wouldn't that be cheaper and result in the same thing? Also do I need that much paint? Seems like 3 gallons on the base and half of the clear is a lot of paint, not even including the primer and extra 2 coats of clear over the tinted clear.

vettebuyer6369

That would be a great question to post in this section:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/paint-body-138/