Experience with Restoration Shop brand BC/CC paint?

JC6715

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I happened upon this website:

http://www.tcpglobal.com/restorationshop/rspubprod.aspx

(Part of Kustom Shop, TCP Global if that helps at all)

Just curious if anyone has used this brand of paint and what feedback they might have.

They sell a kit that includes:
1-Gallon Urethane Basecoat Color
1-Gallon Urethane Reducer of Your Choice
1-Gallon KC210 Kustom Shop Premium Urethane Clear
1-Quart KH212 Overall Urethane Hardener
1-8oz KE218 Flow Enhancer
5-EA Quality 190 Micron Nylon Automotive Strainers
5-EA Wooden Paint Mixing Sticks

All for $240...

Too good to be true?

 

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I've used it. It works fine, looks good. It's cheaper on Ebay.

 

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6T6coupe said:

I've used it. It works fine, looks good. It's cheaper on Ebay.

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What color did you go with? Have any pics?

 

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I think the name was Firemist Pewter Mettalic. The fenders on this car are just rattle can satin black.

 

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6T6coupe said:

I think the name was Firemist Pewter Mettalic. The fenders on this car are just rattle can satin black.

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That is a sweet car!

Are the chunks of metallic in the firemist pretty big? I saw another pic of a firemist color and it looks like a retro metal flake the chunks looked so big... Was it just a bad pic or are the chunks of metallic flake pretty sizable?

Thanks!

 

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It's a high metallic, but definitely not "bass boat" metallic. No big hunks of large metalflake, just a higher content of the regular flake, it seems.

I tried to order a paint chip chart, but never got a response, so I just jumped in and got the paint. I'm happy with it.

The pic on the website looks like big flake, but it came out a lot more subdued and a little darker, I think. This is what I ordered and you can compare to the body of the roadster.

 

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6T6coupe said:

It's a high metallic, but definitely not "bass boat" metallic. No big hunks of large metalflake, just a higher content of the regular flake, it seems.

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HA HA bass boat metallic, great way to describe it.

I know this is asking a lot, but is there any chance I could get you to take a picture of the paint close up so I can get a better idea of how the metallic looks? Maybe with a quarter in the picture for size reference. I would greatly appreciate it!!! If not, I understand.

Thanks!

 

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I'll try to get to it tonight.

 

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6T6coupe said:

I'll try to get to it tonight.

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AWESOME! I really appreciate that.

Yeah their color charts are a joke, I got one it's not acutal chips of the color, just printed images of what the paint might look like and you're right, in the picture the flakes look large.