Dupli-color paint shop
09-13-2010, 02:00 PM
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Dupli-color paint shop Any home sprayers out there ever use the dupli-color paint shop in those ready to spray cans, im considering useing that to spray my hood anythoughts....for the price cant be beat but can always get the oem paint from automotive touch up.
09-13-2010, 07:55 PM
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ok well i just ordered some pain primer n clear from automotive touch up n im just gunna do it myself ill do 3-4 coats of primer n then 3-4 coats of base n then 3-4 of clear
09-13-2010, 09:05 PM
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I am by no means a painter, this is the first time I have sprayed anything other than spray cans. I did the hood for our 2001 freightliner and I started off by using the dupli color paint shop jet black paint and it was very easy to use following the directions. I used there primer, paint, and clear for the job. Everything went very well the hood came out great, the when I finally rolled the hood out into the sun I realized that it was no where near "jet black" more like grey black. I wetsanded the whole hood back down, went to a real autobody supply store bought real paint/reducer/hardner and re-sprayed it and it looks awesome!! it is not a show piece but for just hauling our 26' tag along racecar trailer to the dirt track it looks fine. I spent $120 on the duplicolor stuff and around $150 for the good stuff. I also noticed that the good paint seemed to lay down better on the hood than the dupli color. I attached a few pics of the paint... Hope this helps!!
09-13-2010, 09:11 PM
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Wow ya soo im not gunna use the dupli-color black i bought the gm paint code base and primer and clear thats just ready to spray just to make it easier for me to spray n if it comes out shitty then hey ill dish out the money to do it right but i wanna spray it n learn from my mistakes good to know your outcome and results thanks
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Wow ya soo im not gunna use the dupli-color black i bought the gm paint code base and primer and clear thats just ready to spray just to make it easier for me to spray n if it comes out shitty then hey ill dish out the money to do it right but i wanna spray it n learn from my mistakes good to know your outcome and results thanks
someone cut and wet sand it ..it still doesn't look right
and I agree with the above the jet black is more like the ebony interiors on our cars a very dark grey
It smells like lacquer when you spray it .. I think its acrylic lacquer.. you would be happier with other paints out there!
