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Dec 4, 2022 | 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Crider

You can say those of us using Omni do Ok work and Meh paint quality. But you can see the gloss on mine, and I didn't need to do a cut and buff to get there. The red trans am in the background was done with the same paint, and has lived outdoors for 17 years since the paint job, so I'm going to say my work holds up pretty well too

I did not intend on beating you up about your work personally, but if you think that Omni is a high quality paint and you work in the industry, you are sadly mistaken. It is for a cost cutting production shop and still put out OK work. Maybe go to PPG site and have a look around and see what PPG says about their Omni line. Don't take my word, let them say it for me. Also, any high end shop will do a cut and buff, it's the ONLY way to "ensure" that the paint is 100% flat. I'm pretty sure those shops that do that kind of work do not do it just because it's a cool thing to do or to get more money out of the customer. It's because they care about their reputation as a high end shop that does high end quality work on high end cars mostly.

Dec 5, 2022 | 05:56 AM

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If you notice the title to this thread is cheap paint. If you're going to talk high end products there is much better stuff out there than Omni or Deltron. As for getting quality jobs with it, I have a couple of magazine cover cars to my credit, along with 2 Super Chevy show best paint awards from several years back, so yea, I do OK work

Dec 6, 2022 | 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Crider

If you notice the title to this thread is cheap paint. If you're going to talk high end products there is much better stuff out there than Omni or Deltron. As for getting quality jobs with it, I have a couple of magazine cover cars to my credit, along with 2 Super Chevy show best paint awards from several years back, so yea, I do OK work

I think we noticed that - I certainly did. Cheap paint and classic Corvette should not be used in the a same sentence. Just as cheap and great condition numbers matching 1973 Corvette don't belong in the same sentence. Sure, you don't have to buy the most expensive primers/paints from your paint jobber to get good results, but we should be recommending against one part systems that you can buy on Summit or your local paint store to put on a classic Corvette, even as an interim solution. Those are quite cheap compared to proper two part primers and paints, and should not be recommended in this scenario.

I think that's the point some folks (including myself) are making here, regardless of what words the OP used in the title of this thread. Proper prep work is key, but using a proper two part system is an important detail that should not be overlooked.

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Dec 6, 2022 | 10:56 AM

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I totally agree with you that prep work is at least 80%of getting a good finished paint job. That was why in my first reply I said to strip to bare glass and work up from there. No way would I try to start body work over top of cracking 50 year old paint. As far as recommending a quality base clear paint, that’s what I did. If properly prepped the products I recommend will still look great 20 plus year from now and won’t kill his budget. Like I said earlier the red trans am behind my vette in the picture was painted 17 years ago and has spent every day of that outside in the weather. Simple fact is unless you want to be way upside down in repainting some cars you have to make a few compromises on materials used. Not trying to pick an argument in any way, but spending 8-10 grand to paint a car that is worth 15-20 makes no logical sense

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