Good Paint???

I'm not going to dump on Valspar paint because I have never used any. I'll just say that what I have seen of their safety documentation (MSDS) leaves me quite unimpressed. I suspect however, that you may be comparing apples and oranges judging from the costs you indicate, even though they are both urethanes. Most major automotive paint manufacturer's, including Valspar, have at least two basic lines of paints; a premium line and an economy or "value" line. The PPG Concept is a premium acrylic urethane in PPGs Deltron lineup and is expensive. That's what you would want if you were repairing a car and wanted the best color match, and/or was looking to save time by using a minimum of coats. It may be (I'm not sure) that the Valspar urethane you mention is in their economy line. You'd have to provide a little more information to determine that. Have you looked into PPG's OMNI line? That is PPG's economy line of automotive paints. The acrylic urethane in OMNI is called MTK. The color would carry the same number as the Concept. For example if your color was DCC60080 (Concept), the same color in OMNI would be MTK60080. You probably would find the cost of the MTK to be between 1/3 and 1/2 the cost of the Concept for the same color. I've found the MTK to be a very good value for the money. It is not as high in solids as the Concept so you might have to apply 3 coats instead of 2. And if you were matching an existing car paint, the match would not be as good as the Concept. Neither of these aspects are important to me for tractor painting and they may not be to you either. In any event, check out the price for OMNI MTK at your PPG jobber, assuming he carries it.

Rod

Rod