How much do I order?

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1970

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I'm putting together and order and I need some advice from the experts here about quantities needed to coat panels.

Questions(s):

How many quarts are used to cover a body such as a Dodge Dart?

If you had to mix up to spray a trunk and hood both sides how much would you anticipate using?

I plan to use high build primer. So how much is needed to spray a full outside shell?

I also need epoxy to cover everything from the entire car inside and out, underneath.

I also need to cover two or three coats over the bare metal inside the trunk, engine bay, passenger compartment, both sides of the trunk and hood, doors ---- you name it

The high build product uses 4:1 ratio - This would be mixed up to cover the outside body to block
The regular epoxy - 2 : 1 : 1 covering everything else including reduced as a sealer

Also can I store epoxy, hardeners, reducers in sub zero temps during the off season?

Hope that's enough--

Thanks in advance
 
i cant answer most of your questions, but keep your stored product in the house, never let it freeze.
as for how much.......more than you think usually. if you mess up and have to sand and reshoot it will take more, if your equipment or technique isnt 100% it will take more. if you have to wet sand the color because of wave or texture it will take more. i can tell you that spi is fast ship for me, about two days.
 
8 ounces per panel per coat will get you in the ballpark. Always count on having to respray something.

When it comes to base I like to order one gallon plus a quart. Once I use a quart out of the gallon the quart goes in the gallon can. Anything left at the end of the job goes back in the quart can for future touchups etc if needed. The first quart usually gets used up on first coats so I don’t worry about paint can variations. If you do worry about it, don’t take my advice… :)
 
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dhutton01 said:
8 ounces per panel per coat will get you in the ballpark. Always count on having to respray something.

When it comes to base I like to order one gallon plus a quart. Once I use a quart out of the gallon the quart goes in the gallon can. Anything left at the end of the job goes back in the quart can for future touchups etc if needed. The first quart usually gets used up on first coats so I don’t worry about paint can variations. If you do worry about it, don’t take my advice… :)
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Thank you. Does high build primer cover less surface area than base you think?
 
1970 said:
got it
thanks for the advice

Using that system that would mean one quart would roughly coat four panels?.....
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Yes but only one coat. Keep in mind this is just a crude estimate. As you noted one coat of base takes less material than one coat of high build primer.
 
If you’re doing an entire car, just order your primers first and start with a gallon kit for all. If it’s not enough you can always order more. It’s a lot better than having too much and paying for it as well as storing it.

Also, it will help you learn how much to mix up to cover certain size panels before getting to the really expensive stuff (color ).
 
I’m no pro; I used 2 gallons of high build and almost 2 gallons of bc/cc on my Road Runner. I did spray the bottom with bc/cc.
 
Panels vary a lot, a hood can be three times the size of a fender.
The number of panels on a small car is going to take a lot less paint than
the same number of panels on a large car. Huge difference.
Figure by the square foot. Every one and their equipment is different
so you need to monitor something you spray and calculate your usage,
after that you'll have a real number to figure by.
My number is one oz of mixed and reduced paint per square ft
gives me 3 coats. But even that varies coverage because some colors like red
may take more so you have to adjust.
But you need to figure out your "base number" and you'll be able to estimate pretty close.
And always add a little more for mishaps and future damage.
 
jcclark said:
Panels vary a lot, a hood can be three times the size of a fender.
The number of panels on a small car is going to take a lot less paint than
the same number of panels on a large car. Huge difference.
Figure by the square foot. Every one and their equipment is different
so you need to monitor something you spray and calculate your usage,
after that you'll have a real number to figure by.
My number is one oz of mixed and reduced paint per square ft
gives me 3 coats. But even that varies coverage because some colors like red
may take more so you have to adjust.
But you need to figure out your "base number" and you'll be able to estimate pretty close.
And always add a little more for mishaps and future damage.
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Very helpful. Thanks
 
jcclark said:
Panels vary a lot, a hood can be three times the size of a fender.
The number of panels on a small car is going to take a lot less paint than
the same number of panels on a large car. Huge difference.
Figure by the square foot. Every one and their equipment is different
so you need to monitor something you spray and calculate your usage,
after that you'll have a real number to figure by.
My number is one oz of mixed and reduced paint per square ft
gives me 3 coats. But even that varies coverage because some colors like red
may take more so you have to adjust.
But you need to figure out your "base number" and you'll be able to estimate pretty close.
And always add a little more for mishaps and future damage.
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Another consideration is the shape. Most front bumpers, with lots of indentions, use more material than a flat panel. A roll cage will waste more material than anything I can think of, as an extreme example.
 
texasking said:
How much material did Bobby end up using$
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Man. All in. About 3500 worth. Off top of my head it was something like.
Gallon of black epoxy kit
Gallon of filler
Pouch of glaze
Gallon and quart of featherfill
Gallon kit of 2k high build
Quart of shopline 2k (in a pinch)
Another Gallon kit of grey epoxy but there is alot left over of that.
Gallon of DBC with reducer ($1100)
2 Gallon kits of spi euro clear.

Used more than a Gallon of clear so far so the remaining Gallon kit won't be enough to flow coat
 
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