Paint Quality???

[55 Fargo]

Has anyone tried the Trinity 1945 Starfire Acrylic Enamel kits, they have a lot of nice colors, it is a good price, $71.00 for a 1 gallon kit, includes the reducer and hardener.

They have a lot of nice colors, the down side is you have to pick one of there ready made colors, but there are quite a few of them to choose from.

Just was wondering if anyone has tried this paint, I will most likely go with Centauri, but who knows, maybe this paint might be okay.....Fred

[Young Ed]

For a driver the price sure seems right. I've heard a gallon isn't enough for cars our size though.

[steveplym]

Has anyone tried the Trinity 1945 Starfire Acrylic Enamel kits, they have a lot of nice colors, it is a good price, $71.00 for a 1 gallon kit, includes the reducer and hardener.

They have a lot of nice colors, the down side is you have to pick one of there ready made colors, but there are quite a few of them to choose from.

Just was wondering if anyone has tried this paint, I will most likely go with Centauri, but who knows, maybe this paint might be okay.....Fred

Just a tip Fred, but I've been using a single stage enamel ordered from California online. It is about the same price. Cheaper if you use one of their colors and mroe expensive if you pick out a factory color. TCP Global is the name of the manufacturer. I've used DuPont and sherwin williams single stage enamels and only difference I can tell so far is the price.

Here's a link. http://www.tcpglobal.com/restorationshop/rspcolors.aspx

[55 Fargo]

Hi Steve, thanx for the info, looks like decent paint.

Whats it like to worrk with ,does it spray on nice, is it real shiny, how much car, can you do with a gallon...........Fred

[steveplym]

I would think a gallon would do the car Fred. It took a gallon of base to paint my car. That is not including wheels or interior pieces as I painted those with single stage enamel.

I put on two coats of base on the entire car. I'm going to run out this week when I paint the bumper filler panels. So went right at a gallon.

I put two coats of enamel on the parts I painted with it. So I would think a gallon would get you there. This stuff mixes 8 parts paint to two parts reducer, then 1 part hardner. So even with a gallon you should have some reducer left and another quart is about $36 if you would happen to run out.

Paint sprays on really nice and is really shiny. Here are pics of one of my wheels and the interior pieces I painted with it.