single stage paint pics

[BigSky71]

Originally Posted by cstm68

how many coats are you guys spraying, and alo how much wet sanding and buffing are you doing??

After the build primer I put down one coat of sealer, then 3 coats of color. First coat was a tack coat the second and third were full coats.

For cutting I used 1000 wet for most of it followed by 1500 and 2000 wet, although in some areas I was able to do just the 2000. When I get the truck out of storage this month I plan on buffing it with some 3M products. I still have a few swirls left from the System One compound I used last Fall.

Before I painted anything I read that "buffers win car shows not painters", I have learned this to be so very true. Every see the RIDES episode showing Foose's Riddler winner that custom cabriolet 40s looking car? The show said there was a husband and wife team that did nothing but buff car parts for months to get all the finishes just right.

[tommypic]

Single stage , cut and buff . Spray and your done , just cut and buff to get the shine you want if you dont use metalic paint

67ChevyRedneck where in Gville ? I live in Piedmont and starting an off frame . I like your build thread . would like to see your ride

Truck LQQKs great I like the of your truck

yea got any extra parts

[Castle09]

Bringing this back out. Thinking of doing a SS home paint job in red. Doesn’t look like getting a “Show shine” is for clears only. 😁

[67swb72klb]

Nope ss is much cheaper and a less work.. IMO its the way to go if you want black to be black lol

[davischevy]

PPG Star-thane Picture taken last summer, truck painted 1n 1989.

[HO455]

PPG single stage top and bottom colors. The green is metallic. The white is solid.

[suburban99]

Went with a single stage because it's a driver.

[Castle09]

Originally Posted by davischevy

PPG Star-thane Picture taken last summer, truck painted 1n 1989.

Wow 1989 looks great still

[DeadheadNM]

Both mine are single stage by choice.

[Chevys4life]

Man.........after looking at all of these single stage paint jobs, I'm definitely painting my truck with it once it's ready to be painted years from now.

[Boog]

I've painted my share of cars back over the years. Dad and I had a body shop until about 90. We were spraying mostly acrylic lacquer. I didn't care for the cut and buff part of it. I enjoyed painting with catalyzed enamel. I loved laying down that last coat and watching it flow out. That paint was hard as nails when it cured and held up well. My favorite one was a 67 Nova we built for a friend. It was a catalyzed enamel Cadillac yellow. It laid down real smooth. That was early 80's and he still has that car today. We got out of the business before the bc/cc method came along. I've been told more than once that clear coat can make a so so painter look real good depending on just how much cut and buff one wanted to do. And seeing all these 90 and up factory 2 stage paint jobs failing I don't think I want that. I plan to use single stage non metallic on my 69 when the time comes.

[davischevy]

Boog brings up a good point. SS works for solid colors, but not metallic colors. I painted this medium olive K10 SWB in about 1986-87 with lacquer and no clear. Metallic colors won't hold up unprotected. They fade quickly.

[davischevy]

BTW, I only bought that K10 SWB because it had a ton of options. I robbed the options, for a project I was working on, painted it and flipped it as soon as possible. Man, if I could only do that one over.

[davischevy]

Picture taken last summer, SS paint applied 1970.

[Boog]

Exactly! I don't need it but I'd drive that one every day. And I'm not a long bed man.

[Metaldoc]

SS without cut and buff, Just put down right.

[kaycee]

OMNI single stage, painted at home in my shanty of a shop

[Castle09]

Putting in the order for SS paint now 👍

[davischevy]

Omni SS.

[B Myers]

Originally Posted by Blue'72

You beat me to it 67ChevyRedneck..

Here's a '72 that I painted several years ago with single stage. This was after I cut and buffed it.

Attachment 343660

And for comparison, here's a base coat/clear coat I did on another one I "should have kept".
Attachment 343661

You are correct, you should have kept it. I sold mine when I was young and broke. I think they will increase in value for another 10 to 20 years so it's getting harder to get back into one. Nice truck too btw.

[DeadheadNM]

Re metallics and SS:

I used to own a k1500 with mostly original paint. It was dark olive poly and had a gold sparkle in the paint. Photos can’t capture it - in person it was really cool. I’m sure it was SS - wouldn’t this color be a “metallic” type?

[KevinK7]

Another single stage job, '67 Camaro (Ermine White). As others have noted, single stage for solid colors, you'd be hard pressed to know it wasn't base/clear.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Re metallics and SS:

I used to own a k1500 with mostly original paint. It was dark olive poly and had a gold sparkle in the paint. Photos can’t capture it - in person it was really cool. I’m sure it was SS - wouldn’t this color be a “metallic” type?

Yep, Medium olive and dark olive were metallic colors. They faired better if you kept them waxed. The medium olive was really bad about fading.

My dad had a 71 C10 that was dark Olive. His paint held up well, but he never parked it outside. Oh, BTW his is another SS paint job. Even if it does fly in the face of what I said about metallic not holding up well.

[davischevy]

Another of my dad's trucks. Dark Bronze (metallic) with non original cream, both in SS paint. It would seem I am trying to prove myself wrong about my metallic statement.

[kaycee]

HERES my other one