Transtar Automotive Paint

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Finaltheorem47

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Has anyone had any experience with it? It has some good prices but in most cases cheap paint isn't the best but for someone on a limited budget, would it get the job done? Its not so important on one of my cars, but I want to paint my Jeep and Mustang black and I have a Dakota that I want to paint, but im selling it soon.
 
'Was an online site, this one to be exact. \r\n\r\n Transtar \r\n\r\nIt looks kinda cheap, but i don\'t care about color matching because all 3 cars are getting the entire car painted. I\'d be open to any other suggestions of brands for paint, but from what I was looking at, it would cost me 500 bucks per car to paint and was a little more than I was willing to spend! I have experience with painting, but none in products! Any help would be greatly appreciated!'
 
It's some cheap stuff, you can buy it at this bargain junk store I've been too... I know of people using it and it wasn't much count... You'd be better off picking up some Nason or Omni which are Dupont and PPG's cheaper brands...
 
I did some research on the brands that you suggested that were better than transtar and they are said to hold up for no longer than 5 years! So I will go with PPG I guess. Why do they only sell them in stores and not online, I hate having to talk to people at stores because I always think they are going to take advantage of me because I don't have experience in this industry. How much paint is needed to do a Pickup, a SUV, and a Mustang? being 3 coats of primer 3 coats of color and 3 coats of clear? Would i need a gallon or more? my auto collision teacher told its like 3 pints of paint and a gallon of clear and the primer depends but usually under a gallon per car but I don't know how much I can trust him because hes been wrong about some things in the past.
 
I would say about at least 2-3 quarts of base for each vehicle and followed by half a gallon of clear using a decent gun.
 
I would definitely suggest going with PPG, but you were talking about bargain basement paint and thought that you were trying to go cheap. You just went from $200 - $250 for super cheap primer/paint/clear to probably around 3 - 5 times that much, depending on what line of PPG you go with. If you go with house of colors, it's way more than that...
 
hmmm thanks for the input. I think I'll do Omni on my Dakota and moms Camry and PPG nicer PPG stuff on the Mustang Excursion and Jeep. Thanks!
 
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