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I agree with Ryan, It has been a Scare tactic Paint Co. have used to get you to buy all the products they recommend and sell.
As long as the prep is done correct, the Paint will stay

I completely agree with this statement. Most painters will not paint over others body work, as it COULD make them look bad.



BINGO! HOK (house of kolor) is famous for that!

Wow - you obviously have the experience if you are painting that many cars a year (must be a high volume collision shop?) so you know what works.

As a painting newb, I could not afford to experiment so I went by the book (the advice I obtained was from reading and from the show car painters where I work). My second paint job was on my '67 SS Camaro, and I used all of the PPG products with the color coat in the base/clear DBU system. It turned out really nice!

300 cars a year is not that much unless it is a small shop. I work in a shop with four body techs and two painters and we do 500-600 cars a year. I used to work in a big shop with 14 body techs, four painters and seven painters helpers. Alot of cars a year there. We did $700,000.00-$900,000.00 in sales per mounth there. It was crazy.