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Old May 22, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Anyone use this stuff to spray a vehicle? If so post pics. I'm thinking of trying it on the Mustang but I would like to see some pics from some other DIY'ers.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 03:53 PM
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not a whole car, but I've done a few panels on various beaters my dad has had throughout the years lol. It does fine as long as your prep is good and you take your time with it. In fact I just did a few interior panels from my car with it. Nothing wrong with it in my book for touchups, or if you aren't terribly worried about the finish, but make sure you have plenty. 3 cans of color is BARELY enough to do a hood.. 4-5 would be safer.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 04:21 PM
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not a whole car, but I've done a few panels on various beaters my dad has had throughout the years lol. It does fine as long as your prep is good and you take your time with it. In fact I just did a few interior panels from my car with it. Nothing wrong with it in my book for touchups, or if you aren't terribly worried about the finish, but make sure you have plenty. 3 cans of color is BARELY enough to do a hood.. 4-5 would be safer.
I should have been clearer, I was asking about the paint that comes in the quart cans at the auto parts stores that you put into your spray gun. I have used Duplicolor products before always with good results.
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Old May 22, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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**** is junk. If you want your paint to look like crap, then buy this ready to spray junk. If you want to go cheap, use kirker or crossfire or nason.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 01:33 AM
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+1 for nason. +1 for the duplicolor being crappppp
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Old May 23, 2011 | 07:08 AM
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Summit brand paint in also proving to be good & I believe is just relabeled Kirker as well.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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Ok thanks for the replies. I guess I won't bother with the Duplicolor stuff. Might give the Summit brand paint a try.
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You can get Nason at any Oreilly and even Duplicolor at some locations. The Ready-To-Spray is ok for stripes and other small jobs. It compares to spray paint in a can. The color would be OK to use but get a good clear to go over it, not the ready-to-spray.
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I used summit base coat/ clear coat and it worked great, layed out great..
its good stuff for price bro.
don't use that dupli color stuff, i used it once **** layed out crappy and ran and was hard to apply and gets dull after a while even with its clear.

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