martin senour paint

[usmcchevy]

im gonna paint my 69 c10 this summer. i was wondering if the martin senour single stage paints for NAPA are any good. or should i not waste my time and do a bc/cc. are martin senour paints any good? this will be my first time painting my vehicle. any tips or advise would help.

[78rustbucket]

never heard of it but im no bodyman or painter, went checking out paint costs few weeks ago and the napa here can get dupont (not sure what system) for less then some cheap valupro stuff by ppg. only catch is the napa here just orders it, doesnt do any mixing.

[Blazin]

I have used Martin Senour a few times. It worked O.K., its not Centari! For inexpensive alternitives I have had good luck with Sherwin Williams 2nd dimension for single stage, or Omni's single stage, & Dupont Nason acrylic enamels. I have also used Sherwins 4th dimension and Omni's bc / cc systems as well, & had good luck. Used to use allot of Western but not sure if you can still get it as Sherwin Williams bought them out.
As far as tips / advise. I would say if you are going with metalic and plan to wet sand / buff dust, or flaws out go with bc / cc. If you are not looking for metalic single stage might be the better route. Single stage is more forgiving when it comes to flaws in old paint or less than perfect prep work.
How much work does the body need before its ready for paint? Is it a scuff and squirt or do all or most of the panels need work?  If it only has a few small repair areas you don't need to prime the whole truck, just the repairs, used a self etching primer, these actually bite into the metal, & help prevent rust. Plus a high build urethane primer, urethane primers, one coat is as thick as three to six coats of laquer primers, and they don't shrink a few months after paint is applied leaving behind sand scratches. ( laqure primers are mostly talcom powder ) If you have allot of work priming the whole truck might be better.
Use 3M tape not the cheap crap, and masking paper not news paper. News paper is O.K. two or three layers thick for spot priming but thats all.
Feel free to ask more questions, hope this helps.

[usmcchevy]

im painting a darker blue with no metallic. there quite a bit o body work im going to it around the rockers and back wheel wells. what brand of single stage do you recomend i use.

[Blazin]

Any of the ones I mentioned above. Just remember the darker the color the better your body work will have to be. Lighter colors silver, white, yellow, etc. don't show dings & flaws as much.