Paint and Body Paint quantity

1990fox306 · Jul 21, 2023

So I have my entire car prepped for paint, since I am changing the color. I bought a gallon of paint that says it is ready to spray. Do you think that one gallon will be enough to spray the car, engine bay, and all the jambs?

The car was resprayed some time in the past to be this pearl white but they did a job and I am changing it to calypso green metallic.

It's a 1990 Fox GT

limp · Jul 21, 2023

What brand of paint is " ready to Spray"?

1990fox306 · Jul 21, 2023

limp said:
What brand of paint is " ready to Spray"?

I bought it online at automotivetouchup.com since it seemed to be one of the only websites i could find with the color option in gallons and everywhere around me refuses to mix paint anymore.

It says it doesn't need any kind of reducer or hardener

General karthief · Jul 21, 2023

@95steedamustang may know a little about 'ready to paint' type paint.
Personally I have never heard of an automotive paint that does not need reducer and/or hardener unless it's in a rattle can.
But I ain't a body/paint guy,

95steedamustang · Jul 21, 2023

General karthief said:
@95steedamustang may know a little about 'ready to paint' type paint.
Personally I have never heard of an automotive paint that does not need reducer and/or hardener unless it's in a rattle can.
But I ain't a body/paint guy,

Not a quality product. Its meant for the guy who goes around to gravel parking lots fixing cheap cars in the middle of the lot. Go to your local automotive paint store and talk to the experts. They will set you up with what u need. But its not cheap to get the good stuff. There are PPG, sherwin and various good paint shops around. If mail order is required, I can post the number of my guy. He will mix and ship anywhere

1990fox306 · Jul 21, 2023

95steedamustang said:
Not a quality product. Its meant for the guy who goes around to gravel parking lots fixing cheap cars in the middle of the lot. Go to your local automotive paint store and talk to the experts. They will set you up with what u need. But its not cheap to get the good stuff. There are PPG, sherwin and various good paint shops around. If mail order is required, I can post the number of my guy. He will mix and ship anywhere

the paint didnt look totally horrible but i definitely agree with you. I went to 6 different places near me and every single one said that they dont mix paint anymore

Also I'm just an average broke college student spending my entire paycheck on fixing up a car almost twice as old as me lol

Hopefully enough prep and sanding can make it look good

dgollem · Jul 22, 2023

It will work but it may not last, Are you going to clear over it. Also a gallon may not be enough for a color change. When you add hardener and reducer you end up with almost 2 gals of liquid. That is enough if you know what your doing and do not have any redos. I'm an amature and barely got by, door jams and stuff can take quita a bit of paint for decent coverage so plan accordingly. Let us know how it turns out and post some pictures Good luck

Jarhead67 · Jul 27, 2023

1990fox306 said:
the paint didnt look totally horrible but i definitely agree with you. I went to 6 different places near me and every single one said that they dont mix paint anymore

Also I'm just an average broke college student spending my entire paycheck on fixing up a car almost twice as old as me lol

Hopefully enough prep and sanding can make it look good

NAPA paint mixes colors. Sherwin Williams auto paint also mixes colors. I’ve bought from both.

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