Tom,
I've been selling PPG paint for 23 years and we've had some of the highest percentage price increases and more frequent than I've ever seen. Pretty much all automotive and fleet paints are petroleum based and packaged in steel cans(double digit price increases for both over the last 1-1/2yrs.)
DelFleet Essentials is a high solids low voc polyurethane enamel designed for fleet
applications. It covers better than most conventional paints,but also dries slowly. Yes,reds are nearly always more expensive than whites.I believe what Jim is calling PPG's American finishes is like or is the same as the Omni line of PPG paint. It is an acrylic urethane and is more cost effective. It doesn't cover as fast,hence a lower cost.
Jim is right about the Concept acrylic urethane. It's one of the best finishes for single stage solid colors, but it is more expensive.
I guess that everyone has their own personal preference for brand,type and quality of paint that they prefer to use.
Centari is Dupont's acrylic enamel. It is slower drying than acrylic urethanes.Some people are use to spraying acrylic enamels though and prefer to use them. PPG increased
their Delstar acrylic enamel by 15% last price increase because they want it to go away like straight enamel did years ago.
I know that a lot of people like to use
base coat/clear coat paint on pumps, but I
personally don't see the need. A high quality single stage paint has just as good of gloss as bc/cc. All you accomplish(in my opinion) is make us paint jobbers more money
as bc/cc is more expensive to shoot.If you are shooting a metallic color, by all means you should spray bc/cc,but not on solid colors.
Pat
