what paint?

I am a professional painter (recently retired) and have used everything from House of Kolor, PPG, Sikkens, Glasurit, Dupont and certified with the above. I was also an instructor with the I-CAR certification process.

Here it is: When the surface is prepaired corectly, and primed with the BPS primer and hardener added, it is, quite literally on there forever. Exactly the same process applies for the topcoat (color coat) when the paint is properly reduced with up to 5% Naptha, and up to 30% hardener it will not fade, chalk, chip and the gloss retention and durability are outstanding. This paint is Bulletproof. I have painted all our tractors with these products for the last 14 months....and it is 1/10th the cost of high end automotive acrylic enamels and holds up as well and usually better.

Like you and many, I was not a believer untill I contacted Valspars' BPS technical representative, and found out the proper reduction rates, catalyst amounts and how and why it works so well.

Regards, Mark

Not knowing what your goals are or what kind of money you want to spend, I'm going to say an acrylic enamel in any automotive "economy" paint line. The particular brand is not important. It's whatever is available locally in your area. PPG OMNI and DuPont NASON are the big ones. Martin Senour (NAPA) also has a competitive line but I don't know the name of it offhand. There are others but they do not market in my area and I have no detailed knowledge their products. I am sure they are competitive for a similar cost/quality paint. I am assuming here that you are talking a spray application, not brush.

Rod

The biggest problem in using that cheap paint is you can't paint directly over it with any kind of "hot" automotive type paint within about 2 years. It can be catalysed to make is cure and harden much quicker, but if you have to go to all that trouble why not just go one more degree and paint with a good paint?

IMHO