travman

I am painting my eg civic hatch grand prix white and was wondering how much paint I should buy? I plan on spraying the entire exterior and jambs.

Thanks

SneezinCD5

If you use a light/white sealer, you should only need just over a gallon sprayable. Just to be safe.

travman

That goes for clear too?

thanks for the info

MEAN88Si4WS

I just painted my 88 Prelude. I bought 2 quarts of paint and had a LOT left over. I would get two quarts of color two quarts of clear. IMO that should be PLENTY.

speedworks

it really depends on the brand of paint. using a white sealer before applying the base will help tremendously. if you are doing the jambs and engine bay i wouls suggest 3 quarts of base to be safe. it should also give you a little extra in case of a screw-up or something happening down the road.

WihaSi

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2 Quarts sprayable? That doesn't seem like enough for an over-all. Unless you mean 4 Quarts sprayable. 4 Quarts sprayable should be plenty.

travman

4 quarts sprayable including clear?

dividedas1

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it depends what type of paint your using....the better the paint the better coverage your gonna get. Also like it was mentioned if you use a like color for the sealer then it will help you get coverage faster, plus when you get all those rock chips on your nose they will be less noticable.

for the clear, you really use as much as you want. the more you use the shinier it will be once you knock down all the orange peel, dust nubs and then buff it.

Basically with the base spray it till its completely covered. Generally 2-3 Coats.

With the clear, Lay it down how ever you want. if you want a cheap looking job lay down 3-4 if you want something show shiney just go ape ****.

WihaSi

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No, I would say 3-4 quarts sprayable just for base coat.

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Cheap looking with 3-4 coats of clear? You should be able to make 2 coats of clear look good. For a custom paint job or show room quality you can go "ape ****" and do several coats, but for just an everyday paint job on a DD I would do 3 coats of clear tops.

powerflow

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Lol, maybe in 1970. Today's current high quality, high gloss clears should be applied/ layed out medium wet. 2 coats layed nice, or knocked down, flat sanded can look far from cheap. Applying more than 3-4 medium wet coats in one cycle could cause curing problems among other things. Thats one of the reasons to wet sand and re-clear. Maybe your used to a thinner clear that doesn't build much though.

dividedas1

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Lol, maybe in 1970. Today's current high quality, high gloss clears should be applied/ layed out medium wet. 2 coats layed nice, or knocked down, flat sanded can look far from cheap. Applying more than 3-4 medium wet coats in one cycle could cause curing problems among other things. Thats one of the reasons to wet sand and re-clear. Maybe your used to a thinner clear that doesn't build much though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly it depends on quality of the clear. for a diy paint job in a garage no enviroment controls, such as vents ways to really keep the dust down he would probally want to lay it thick so that he does have plenty to sand when he does get those dust nubs or what ever else might make its way into his freshly sprayed clear. Wouldnt want to burn thru to primer just because you didnt think you needed that much clear. Seems like that would be of a pain re-sealing re-painting all because you skimped on the clear

msinsky14

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exactly it depends on quality of the clear. for a diy paint job in a garage no enviroment controls, such as vents ways to really keep the dust down he would probally want to lay it thick so that he does have plenty to sand when he does get those dust nubs or what ever else might make its way into his freshly sprayed clear. Wouldnt want to burn thru to primer just because you didnt think you needed that much clear. Seems like that would be of a pain re-sealing re-painting all because you skimped on the clear</TD></TR></TABLE>

to fix dust, u can open the garage door and line up a bunch of fans blowing outward, works for me, just gotta run them for about 10 hours while its driving, wet the floor continuously, and dont go in til its done drying! lol
works with minimal dust