This is my first post and I'm going to start to work on painting my car as soon as the weather breaks. I painted two vehicles a long time ago with acrylic enamel. The first one went on dry but the second one turned out fairly well using an old Binks siphon gun that I still have. I'm planning on getting another gun to shoot basecoat clearcoat with it. I haven't decided on which gun to get yet but it can't be anywhere near top of the line because of cost. This may be the only time I ever use the paintgun.
I have a shop near me that sells SPI products and Matrix paint. I will be painting an original Ford color that will be silver blue metallic. Spraying metallic is the biggest concern with the whole thing because I certainly don't want any striping in the paint job. Is there any particular brand base coat that is more forgiving of metallic than others. Is two stage paint better to use for metallic than a single stage? I'm going to be using SPI epoxy primer and probably their clearcoat also if it will work with the basecoat that I use. Is the Matrix an ok basecoat to go with or do you guys recommend something else that's not super expensive.
The car below is the color that I'm wanting to paint.
Thanks for any advice that you guys can give me.
I have a shop near me that sells SPI products and Matrix paint. I will be painting an original Ford color that will be silver blue metallic. Spraying metallic is the biggest concern with the whole thing because I certainly don't want any striping in the paint job. Is there any particular brand base coat that is more forgiving of metallic than others. Is two stage paint better to use for metallic than a single stage? I'm going to be using SPI epoxy primer and probably their clearcoat also if it will work with the basecoat that I use. Is the Matrix an ok basecoat to go with or do you guys recommend something else that's not super expensive.
The car below is the color that I'm wanting to paint.
Thanks for any advice that you guys can give me.