Paint advice needed

mopowers said

Thank you. I appreciate the input. I think I have a plan now. I've got some areas like the inner deck lid that are mostly bare metal with some small spots of factory paint. I'll likely shoot some epoxy over those areas. Then there are windhsield and back glass channels where I've cleaned and scuffed to prep for paint and have spot primed any sanded-through spots with etch primer. I'll use a urethane sealer over those, then shoot color over each.

Any idea how much single stage paint I'll need for a trunk, inner deck lid, door jams (body and doors), and windhield/back glass channels? Will a quart suffice, or should I get two to be safe? I have no idea. The color will be WW1 white, going over gray epoxy/sealer.

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Sounds like a good plan. I wish I could help better with the amount of paint needed because I struggle with that myself. I feel like a quart would be fine but the trunk seems to take more paint than you might think. If you're going with the Shop Line paint that Mac's sells, I've only used the base/clear from that line before but I do remember it not covering well at all and not really being a money saver since I had to use more material. Not sure if their single stage covers better though.

I've been happier with base/clear from the coating store and single stage from TCP Global. Always better to help out local jobbers if you can though. The Asian guy that Kern talked about helped me out there a couple times and was very helpful. Good dude.