Buying paint today how much?

[hubdawg]

Buying paint for my 76 today and need to know how much. No under hood and no top. Don't want to over buy at these prices. PPG 71 medium blue poly

 

[allenfahey]

Are you spraying the inside tub, inside of doors, and inside of tailgate?
What color primer is in now and do you plan on sealing it and if so what color?
Are you using solvent or waterbourne?

 

[hubdawg]

Total color change and was stripped to bare metal with epoxy primer then 2k. primer. no tub but inside doors and inside tailgate and window frame. Primer is 3 coats of ppg rose color 2k solvent based

 

[hubdawg]

also no dash

 

[croft75]

I used about a gallon and 3/4 of premium PPG single stage to paint tub complete underside and top hood etc. same colour 3 coats

 

[rjrobin2002]

I used 3 quarts of paint to do a tub only without uderside of hood in a single stage 3 coats in red.

 

[allenfahey]

I forgot to ask two more questions... single stage or base/clear? And also what model gun are you using?

If you are spraying it in base coat a gallon will be plenty. A gallon plus a quart will be more than enough. That is ready to spray (RTS) or reduced. If my memory is correct PPG base coat is mixed 1:1. 1 part paint 1 part reducer so you will need 2 quarts of unreduced paint and 2 quarts of reducer for a gallon of RTS paint. If you are using a cheap spray gun you will use a little more paint but if you are using a mid to high level spray gun you will use less paint because of the transfer efficiency of the gun.
If you are using single stage and using a decent gun you will use less than a gallon of RTS single stage. Reason being is because single stage will cover much better than basecoat. If you plan on wet sanding your single stage you should put an extra coat on since you will sand a few mils off, depending on how agressive you get with the wet sanding. (base coat you don't sand, you would sand the clear)


Does all that make sense???

 

[BR549]

I think a gallon is just about right on. Way better to have a little to much As opposed to stoping and having more remixed. Get a small can for the extra and use it for touch ups.

 

[Brohawk75]

A gallon sprayable should do. Different paint brands cover/apply differently. You already sprayed interior with Bedliner didn't you?

 

[allenfahey]

A gallon sprayable should do. Different paint brands cover/apply differently. You already sprayed interior with Bedliner didn't you?

If he didn't spray the inside I would wait til after the tub is painted. I would let whatever over spray land in there and sand/scuff it prior to spraying liner. That is how I do truck beds I paint at work that gets a liner. It's best to apply liner last because of the transition from paint to liner. It's more difficult to prep if you spray paint last. Sanding/scuffing and taping a bed liner can be a pain at times. Some of them tape doesn't stick too well to them. You can air dry modern day urethane paint or clear for a few days as long as it's above 70 degrees. It will defiantly cure enough for a bedliner, especially if you leave it out in the sun. The waiting for a month is for lacquer and enamels.