Newbie, product choices
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Hello all, Newbie here
I’ve been looking over the discussions and enjoying the site. Lots of good info here. I am a collision repair student with a preference to the body repair side but do enjoy the refinish side as well. In your opinion for a budget overall paint job, would you go with Omni or Nason products, what do you think of the Keystone clear coats. How do you feel about the Nason and Omni primers and sealers as well. Thanks for your responses and look forward to reading more on the forum.
I have been doing alot of side work with basf budget line limco supreme base and there lc4100 high gloss clear. the 4100 clear might be a little more money than the nason or omni stuff but it holds a great shine even if force dried
Welcome wrekteck… :spraywelc:
I see you haven’t received much feed back. I haven’t used omni or Nason in a while. But in my opinion they are comparable. If you are doing a complete in a solid colour I highly recommend using the acrylic urethane single stage. The base coats in both systems are not as easy to use, but I personally like the Nason base coat better than Omni. I have sprayed very nice looking metallic colours in the Nason Acrylic Urethane, but if you have never sprayed single stage metallic, then I do not recommend it. What colour are you looking to paint?
The 2k urethane primers in both systems are very nice for an economy product. I’ve never used their sealers, but I remember Nasons sealer being a 1k acrylic ( which I would personally avoid).
I’ve never used Keystone clears…I do recommend using the clear for the base coat you go with. Both the Omni and Nason lines have easy to use clears that can give a good appearance. I did like the Nason 496/497 clears.
Thanks for yoour responses. I’m rebuilding a total and doing a complete paint on it. Its a GM 815K blue. I plan on going base/clear. Our school has a Lessonal mix system but its a bit pricey for this budget job and looking for something decent. I have sprayed the keystone overall clear and it lays down pretty well, just not sure on the longterm hold out of it. I plan on using the better clear in either of the more value friendly lines. Thanks again.
Go with Utech polybase plus and ms clear then. It’s an Akzo product like lesonal. Base has great coverage and the pricing is very inexpensive
The Lesonal is a great product… If you have that available I would use it. Ding also had a good suggestion. If it is something worth while, I highly recommend spending the money on decent paint.
Blues can be poor hiding colours and may need many coats, this tends to be even worse with cheaper paints. Sometimes needing the extra coats (more materials) can negate the cost savings and be a bigger pain in the rear.
Although the Nason and Omni clears aren’t horrible, I would feel more confident with the Lesonal on it, if it were mine. Plus, I guarantee the Lesonal with match much better than the Nason or Omni.
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