67 Beetle Paint Job Help!

[jcgerardi]

I am painting my beetle myself with a spray gun and planning to use a single stage paint.

Which auto paint is best?

Best online supplier OR Los Angeles supplier?

How many gallons?

Estimated price?

Thank you very much!

[bvd]

I'm currently painting my beetle using Summit Racing's single stage acrylic urethane in orange. Very affordable and seems to be pretty good quality...http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-csumup306/overview/

Some further info: http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/instructions/paint%20intro.pdf

Br aware that urethane paint hardens by chemically crosslinking with itself, because you must add an isocyanate catalyst or activator to it. Also, it is very dangerous if not handled properly as the isocyanates can enter your body and never leave...obviously unless you're spraying it everyday as your career you don't have to worry too much, but still exercise extreme caution and research proper respiratory protection if you ever use it.
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[Cmontoya9]

Lots Of loaded questions there bud. "Which paint is best?" How much do you want(have) to spend? "Which supplier is best?" There are too many to name. " how many gallons?" If you need more than one something is wrong. Have you ever painted? What look are you going for? Original? Just new paint? The "best" paint to use will depend on your budget. Dupont Nason paint and PPG Omni will cost about $30-$40 per quart. House of Kolor paint and the like will run you about $1000 per quart. Do you want a factory looking paint job? If so you want something like PPG Concept single stage paint. Much harder for a rookie to use in my opinion. I would go with a base coat/clear coat paint job. you can expect to use about 2 quarts to a gallon of primer depending on body work needed, about 2 quarts of sealer, so your paint stays on the car, about 2-3 quarts of color and a gallon of clear. I would buy from a local auto body supply shop, I can't imagine it would be hard to find one in LA. Just to put it in perspective for you, as an estimate, if you use the less expensive paint, you can expect to spent between $400-$700 on paint materials, THEN add your masking paper, tape, lacquer thinner for cleaning, paint gun...no easy answers. Good luck man.
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