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Where to buy paint?

Old 04-06-12, 07:48 AM
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Default Where to buy paint?

hey guys, i'm looking to re-spray my bumpers due to a lot of rock chips and scratches... i'm wondering if you can link me to some legit sites that sell pre-mixed paint (Millenium Silver to be exact in my case) beside getting those spray cans from autozones or AA ... etc...
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I called a local automotive paint mfg around here to get a price on paint for my pearl white gs.

$700 for a gallon of base coat white and a gallon of the pearl coat. **** that's a lot of money.
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Do you have a siphon feed spray gun or HVLP?

The latter will require less paint, saving you money.

1 pint of base color (usually a 1:1 ratio mix with reducer, thus = 2 pints spray-able) will generally suffice for 2 bumpers if you spray 2 coats to obtain opacity.

You will probably need a pint to a quart of clear though, based on the type of spray gun you'll be using, since the activator / catalyst doesn't add much to the paint volume (either 1 part activator to 3 or 4 parts of clear generally).


Look in the Yellow Pages under "Body Shop supplies" and you'll usually find automotive paint suppliers.

I usually spray DuPont Chroma, but any name brand's mid to high end paint line will give you oem results (or better) if you prep properly and can spray well..
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I use Chroma Base as well. I'm doing an overall paint job minus the roof going black.

Anyone outthere have any hook ups to get automotive paint for cheap?
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Originally Posted by SPI
I called a local automotive paint mfg around here to get a price on paint for my pearl white gs.

$700 for a gallon of base coat white and a gallon of the pearl coat. **** that's a lot of money.
welcome to tri-stage paint...oh the joys...its why my bumper is peeling and I'm not repainting until I'm ready to paint the whole car because i only plan on doing it once.
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SPI you are in Ct check out Levine Automotive they deal with PPG and prices are reasonable. hOPES THIS HELPS
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