Best base/clear for show car
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I’m restoring a 69 camaro that will be a street driven cruise-in/show car. the last car i painted (which was the 1st car i painted) i used matrix and the clear seemed to be a little hazy. that car was frost green, this car will be rally green.
Telling you what is the best is kind of difficult. There are a lot of products out there. Generally speaking, using the premium line of any major paint brand will be about equal (Sikkens, PPG, Glasurit/BASF, Sherwin Williams, DuPont).
They all have very durable high quality finishes and all will back these products with a lifetime warranty when certain conditions are met. They all can produce equally great looking finishes that would be acceptable on the most prestigious concours quality show cars.The differences between them can be huge as well. They all require a little different application and each has its own quirks. In the premium lines, the price varies between each company, but none are nearly as cheap as thier economy lines (Nason, Omni, Limco etc). The economy lines are not as durable, usually offer no backing/warranty are very inexpensive and often better suited for people spraying in not so ideal conditions (most premium paints pretty much require a heated paint booth with baking abilities). These products can look pretty good when applied properly and may last a reasonable amount of time. Most will eventually fade and lose some gloss (which might come back with some polishing). There are a lit if success stories with them, but also a lot of failures.
It’s very hard to say what is going to be the easiest for you to spray in your conditions with your equipment and experience. Maybe a good way to narrow it down is to find out what is avaliable to you in your area and falls within your budget.
I would probably go for PPG because I use Omni and even that looks like a high quality clear.
I agree with with ben, i have used ppg dcu2002 clear which is thier top ofnthe line clear on all my personal cars & any that i paint all over.
So if u want good clear your gonna pay for it, not to mention if u want a driveable/show car your gonna want good quailty from start to finish with all your products, then your gonna want to invest in some good show car waxes for that deep gloss shine.
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