Going back to the good stuff

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4xmike

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Well it finally happened. I had been using an economy clear for the past few years to be able to provide lower prices for my customers, I finally had a failure. Luckily it was on my own vehicle, I won't use something on a customers car that I wouldn't trust on my own. The clear started to fade only after 3 years. The weird thing is it is on the roof of my superduty, I didn't even cut and buff the roof since I knew that it was the least visible area and the least cared for when washing and waxing. So it is time to go back to PPG clears. I always gave my customers the option to choose the line of clear they wanted based on price. The clear I used I have used for 6 or 7 years. I hope that my truck is the only one that has failed.
So now I need to strip the roof and repaint. I am just wondering if I should take the rest of the truck down and do a complete repaint. I think it would be good timing since I would like to change the color and graphics, but it sure won't be cheap. When I sprayed it last time I had around $1500 in paint on it including the economy clear. That doesn't even begin to include the time it cost me. This time around I bet it surpasses $2000 with PPG clear.
I have always been a fan of PPG, but in this current economy my customers needed to save some money if they were going to have the work done. Hopefully I can still meet the cost needs of the customer and provide a better product.
 
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paxhc

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As for good and cheap i wouldn't choose nason.... i have used it for several small jobs because thats what the customer chose and i don't like how it has held up after a few years.

for me, Transtar or Extreme clear has held up as good as any PPG or RM or any other expensive clears that i have sprayed and much cheaper than those expensive clears
 
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4xmike

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I was using Performance Series clear. I liked using it for price and usability, but it may turn out to be one of those "you get what you pay for situations." I"ll post some of the info on it tomorrow when I get back from my shop.
 
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bullrider_1822

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If you are using PPG there is less than 25 cent a square foot diffrents between the highest priced clear and there cheapest shop line clear. Cheap clear are thinned out, "which is why they spray out better," so they dont go as far and dont have as much build as the higher price clears. If you want to still use a cheaper clear for car lot cars or when the customer is thinking of selling the car, I would use shop line 630. If you want to be able to stand behind your work, I would use PPG deltron 3000 clear for small stuff and 4000 for bigger jobs that need a longer window time.
 
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801Rider

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Has anyone used MetaLux? My supplier is a PPG one, and the manager said it was supposed to be similar to the Deltron. I think a gallon kit is about $200?
 
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