I was a PPG Certified Automotive Refinish Technician for 46 years ( just retired last Nov.) and it you think making a repair job slick is making you a great painter you are sadly mistaken ( only maybe on a complete) but matching OEM orange peal is striving to be the best refinisher out there , making the vehicle look like its never been repaired it the ideal refinish job!!! Walking up to a repaired vehicle and seeing a few slick panels around a OEM pealy vehicle looks bad ! I Sprayed Aquabase for over 16 years , was one of the first in my town to switch , made color matching and spraying so easy . All I can say is I sure do not miss it as the Insurance companies ruined the trade over 20 years ago !!!! You guys have it easy today , you should have tried matching color in the single stage days where the mottling was so fun to get rid of ....LOL Was glad to see when PPG came out with DBU and DBC solvent base coat back in the day , made color matching much easier .
@@speedokoterefinishnetwork4937 I call bullshit as I have used the shopline on several vehicles through the years to keep costs down and those jobs still look good today as shopline is about the same product as the higher dollar products, and why it's cheap is there is NO WARRANTY so PPG doesn't have to stand behind the product from hobbyists coming in and not knowing how to use the products!
Great video Marco, it's hard to split the two panels really but the Speedokote base defiantly covered better than the other one your mate was using, as for the clear it was really close but again yours looked a little flatter but that could be due to how the sealer was applied. Talking about fisheyes I think you are right, I haven't had them for a couple of years but last week I got them in two panels🤔I think this is a worldwide conspiracy by all car manufactures to put the refinishers in the world out of business 🤷♂🤫🤣😉John UK
Cool video....dudes got a nice shop to work in. I actually use spi epoxy primer...tried their euro clear and didn't really care for it ... maybe it's just me. Nice job brother 👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I love their Epoxy but it’s painfully slow to cure, which is often fine for restorations. SPI Universal will make your g/f drop her knickers 👙 but it’s $192 a sprayable gallon. Try SMR-42 at $106 a sprayable gallon and Speedo Kote Epoxy is very quick to dry and far more affordable.
I ain't no pro just started painting this year. I spray with the wanda 9100 and medium reducer. I get best results by reducing 10 percent. Fluid 3 turns from close and 36 psi. If that pressure ain't high enough it wont lay down flat
..Well done my man..!! I always say that PSI in the 30's is better than PSI in the 20's..!! ( depends on what you have to achieve of course.) but I would say that generally, a high CFM and high PSI (+ Viscosity ) leads to the most fantastic atomized finish. I really like watching "The Dutch car painter." He sprays with high PSI and you can just "Hear" the difference straight away, and his finishes are just amazing. Well worth a watch. Good luck with the rest of your painting career. Protect yourself at all times.
The 1:1 clear they sell is completely out of the ball park for most of my subscribers. It's 489$ through tropical glitz retailer. This spi clear was there production clear coat and is around 200 just like the fast dry Euro clear coat
Love your videos.can u teach us ,your mix Ratios you use to mix up the juice ?? Lol 😅 I look forward to every weekly videos u post. Thanks. Ks Jason, Wichita.
Lol 😆, I was wanted the basics on reducing, hardening of the dual stage paints, n to.all your cry baby's 😢, they probably get runs in a basic snap tight model kit Build 🤣 😄 there's always one.
@@JasonBackes- just look on the can and see what the mix ratio is supposed to be or best is online at the Tech sheet. Get some paint cups and follow the chart. If you can’t afford them it’s no big deal. Use an empty soda bottle or something. If the mix ratio is say 2:1 then fill it halfway up and add the hardener until it’s 3/4 full. It doesn’t have to be anywhere near precise. 4:1 is halfway full then about 2 -3 splashes of hardener.
@RustyZipper ,I watched others talk about temperature 🌡 will change the paint like 70 to 90 degrees, your harders will be different on hotter days from colder day.
Can you do a comparison between the Glamour clear Overall vs the panel clear? I think it's just dry times, but I'm curious. The panel version is significantly cheaper than the whole body version.
Just a little friendly competition. Chris is a kick ass painter and quite frankly keeps his head down. If he really put himself and his work out there he would smoke a lot of guys in the trade.
Yo Marco! I’m using a Fuji turbine spray system for full color changes, I’ve been using smr1150 Which speedokote clear coat should I try next for a higher quality finish? My turbine runs at 5psi
I haven’t watched the video yet but I’m sorry, but honest: hands down SPI Universal Clear is superior to anything I’ve sprayed. However it’s $192 a sprayable gallon. Second is SMR-42 at $106 per sprayable gallon. So it all depends on your budget. I’m buying a bunch of Speedo Kote through e-bay at 10% off.
Considering smr42 is half the cost, I'd say that's not a fair comparison sir 🤣🤣🤣 but dude in all seriousness I really wana try a 1:1 clear! It sounds good!
a back to back compaRISON OF 142 clear to slow glamor clear to fast euro clear.....and to see what the shine is AFTER they dry for a couple of days....would be the b omb !
I’m an SPI fan boy but ain’t no way I’d be paying top dollar for their products unless I was doing restoration quality work. For a daily driver Speedo Kote 💯
Rigid electric sander and a shop vac works just has good. And doesnt run the air compressor to death. Air needs to be used for spraying. Save the compressor.. Electric DA with vac works great 😮
Get you the MAX XT sander they're great a couple hundred bucks absolutely wonderful no oil no noise no air compressor high energy bill they come in different millimeters of throw no issues with mine so far one year
Three options Ss1200 only con is it's medium solids Smr 42 high solids Smr32 ultra high solids All three clears hold 100% of there gloss when sprayed in right conditions If ordering directly off the website www.speedokote.com select me as your sales rep (Marco )
I was always taught go with whatever brand clear that matches base brand. If i had to go with something different ,and had a choice and put in the position that i cant get a matching clear would be rubber seal euro. Lol im sorry they changed the name to medallion
I have 2 broncos I need body work, 😩 Bedside quarter panels need replaced, can u teach us how?? 😊 I have a 1978 n a 1979 ford's bronco favor, wanting to learn how to do the repair, doesn't have to be a quality job,just a 10 footer !! Lol 😅😊
Im about to paint my '95 tacoma. At first I was thinking base-clear, but after reading many opinions im not sure. BC or SS for the home garage painter?
Tom- you will not regret slapping some clear on their if you plan on keeping the truck. Clear stops UV rays from chalking the paint and helps prevent peeling. The hardest part of any paint job is the prep. You’re already going to be there spraying the color. Just imagine adding 3 more coats of color but it’s clear. 1st coat go very light, a tack coat. Then second coat medium wet, third coat a good solid coat with not many dry spots and be careful on vertical panels you don’t get any runs, overlapping. Always have a wall mounted light to bounce your eye off as you spray following the wet edge. Top surfaces you can slam the clear on with small chance of runs.
I’ve been working for corporate body shops for the past 8 years , I want to own my own shop but don’t know where to begin with getting work through the door … do I do fleet work for rental companies or do I focus on insurance claims ?
Avoid rust repair and restoration work! I’d reach out to some mom and pop car dealers who buy lightly wrecked cars to re-sell. You will hands down get burned many times by customers of all types in the first 5 years. Always keep your bills low and cash in the bank for those times. Tire kickers and time wasters will consume your entire day. It’s hard to be the receptionist, panel beater, painter and polishing guy at once. All while balancing the books and ordering parts. I’d start working nights / weekends and build up clients.
Set both panels out behind the shop and reevaluate which one looks better after being exposed to elements over time. The crappiest clear could look great at first if a guy knows how to lay it down slick.
Marco wanted to tell you about the the spray bomb primer. Its not a real good product. I have been using it for a while and have had problems. I had to repaint 2 cars in spots because after they were painted places came up in the paint job where at the last second I had to fix a place before I painted the car. maybe if the primer could have dried a few days the places would not have came up. but I talked to Brad at speedokote and that was his take on it. other than that the product is really good. you need to tell people how easy this stuff buffs
Hey man only issue iv had with the spray can primer is if you put it on to heavy you get these little mini pin holes. If you just do 2 light coats before paint, quick sand and scuff with 400 it's beyond the best stuff iv ever used.
I was told that the all kandy wet wet clear went out of business and speedokote is selling the same clear the all kandy clear recamondation for gun pressure was 50psi is that the same for the speedokote
Our new smr32 is similar in solids yes. Definitely would not recommend 50psi for clear 😂😂😂😂 but for some of these higher solids clears you gota push towards 30 psi
A good clear coat is something that lasts a decade to a decade plus with two coats in Southeastern USA Florida Georgia South Carolina Arizona or something like that
Thank you. Have been having problems with Matrix MS 52 clear delaminating after a few months. Frustrating as I thought I followed the procedures. Finally bought a gallon of Speedokote clear and will be testing it soon. Looking forward to it.
Thanks Tried calling the speedo number, but only left a voicemail. Was wondering if I could talk to you or someone about a comparable clear I’m using ppg DC 2000 From watching your videos, I was thinking the high glamour Claire with the slow harder you think I should order something else. Please let me know.
@@speedokoterefinishnetwork4937 cool thanx. I've never used either. But seriously thinking about trying for lesser jobs. Without seeing it in person. Hard to tell or show shrinkage and dye back a few days later, from recordings.lol
Looks like it's a little over $2k for the Mirka kit w/o trolley. Masks are nuisance with my long beard. That's dirt cheap for what you get in my humble opinion.
For a daily driver Dodge Ram, which clear would be best? I dont wanna spend a ridiculous amount on just the clear but i want a pretty decent quality product. It will be painted black@speedokoterefinishnetwork4937
He actually was a mobile auto body tech for 5 years in his early 30's making almost a quarter million a year. That's how he acquired his assets. Those shops were also terrible when he bought them he fixed em up. He's smart very smart
Talking about the base being shiny and smoother is a better thing is kinda silly. It's just the way the paint is made it won't make the final clear more slick. That's just nonsense.and you're literally just painting a rando fender. It's all about a repair at the end of the day and most importantly the warranty and help you'll get from buying from a high end product
@@speedokoterefinishnetwork4937 a tech rep for an automotive coatings company probably doesn't know what they are talking about. But in the words of the dude "well, that's like your opinion man".
At least 30-40 nibs of dirt in that quarter panel, a crap load of orange peel, spraying in a dirty grease ball 2 car garage. But yet my fender / quarter job had a "trash job" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 holy moly I'm just glad I actually got to see this guys work that was talking smack
@@speedokoterefinishnetwork4937this is amazing 😂. Got a great laugh at it. As always, ignore the haters, let your RU-vid channel and your work do the talking 👍🏻
@@DavidHernandez-my9zw sad part is this dude would get absolutely smoked by me painting a Celica behind my body shop next to the dumpster in the grass using nothing but grape soda and fruit punch to clean the panels before paint. And I actually got a cleaner job..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
