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ss black has a cleaner look. bc cc doesnt have the right look like ss does.
most all blacks have brown or blue in them.
ya cuz there base black fukin sucks. i tried to blend hok over sem since i didnt have any and fgured it would be close. but if u look in the sun,...
order from coast airbrush.com hok is very affordable as a system. but u must use the complete system to do it properly. that means using there...
r u serious? house of kolor bc 25 basecoat black? its the brownest fucking black ever. spray a coat over saran wrap and hold it up in the son. it...
i believe the red replaced the crystal bay. it is the cheapest paper they have. there is the gold and green thats better. the red was 30 at my...
not to mention information gets lost in translation sometimes, and can be a costly mistake in the end. something as simple as a "mixed up" ratio...
i love hok, but they only have 3 single stage colors. red. white and black. the red has to be cleared over. so there isnt a point in just...
think of it this way....... ur buying paint company A's paint. say u buy 10k a month. u have to buy paint.. its inevitable. paint company B...
its a big fat check when the body shop signs a contract for x many years to buy only that companies paint. its buisness. its not uncommon for it...
dont believe it? y do u think paint cost so much? they gotta make alot of it back somehow(that and advertising... think dupont and ppg and how...
u think im kidding? its serious shit. alot of body shop owners dont know shit about the products they are using... and there are painters out...
i would never go by what body shop does. paint comes down to money. what ever paint company is willing to write them a fat check to use their...
hows about the slowlow merc?
x2, totally.
if u dust a flat, it will look mottled and splotchy.
that may be true for solid colors, but u start throwing custom in it, and u need the clear.
as in changes? ppg has made subtle changes to alot of their products too. im not much of a fan of either paint line. ill use them here and...
dupont and ppg are ford and chevy. either one will give u a long lasting paintjob.... its just are u a ford or chevy guy? lol
if u use large blocks then yes. if u use small sanding blocks, it will still make it have ripples and wavyness.
frahm filters are absoulute utter garbage! wix ftw!!
single stage paints fill easy 400 wet scratches.. 5 or 6 coats is pointless. 2 coats with satin and dun. pimpin is right, flat finishes take a...
are u a hobbyist? or do u do it for a living. if ur just a hobbyist, u probably could learn a thing or two.. cuz eventually if u were a badass at...
ok so... let me put it to u this way..... ur doing this for a living.... u spent say 1 month on it, if ur lucky how u said spare time(...
i dont use dupont and the time i used chroma premier clear i wasnt impressed. r u using 2.1 voc clears or national rule stuff? hok uc35 buffs...
so he supplied material? y didnt u tell him, u have these options. this clear... the cheapest ill use. this one. the middle ground clear. and...
was the car painted in lacquer or urethane? if it was urethane... thats not very "traditional"
not really, get over it.
there are a few different urethanes out there that can be striped over and every striper ive seen caries both.
pinstripes on flames over clear is tacky nowadays, if the flames cost that much... they should not be felt.
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