How to Spray Nason Base Coat / Clear Coat (BC/CC) Automotive Paint - Start to Finish 

For DIYers you prove the old adage “A fool with a tool, is still a fool”. It doesn’t take expensive tools to get good results. It’s more about process and technique and less about costly compressors or spray guns. Thanks for the informative videos.

10% equipment, 90% the talent with experience using the equipment.

Here is my only problem with your videos; you make it look sooooooo easy!! Dang you, I can't wait until my results look as good as yours! Keep up the good work!

Love that color

You always give professional advice for the average joe to apply in his shop. Awesome 📹 as always

I bought that CH gun for spraying my trucks roof. Glad to see it in action, and I'll keep an eye out for leaks too! Thanks!

Jerry, Always enjoy your vids. Keep them coming

Another great video Jerry and you gave some good tips for the leaking caps!

Great results, with an inexpensive gun. 👍

Great video - love the color! Bummer about the drip but you made a great recovery. I think I will get some wrist bands, that tip by @Dyna is a good one - it pays to read the comments!

Gonna start using high solids clear when I paint but gonna still use the Starfire base but the 5 Star Etreme high solids clear with fast activator and reducer I know got orange peel when using the Paint For Cars auto paint but I was spraying my coats starting off too wet instead of starting slightly wet on first coat and a little bit wetter on every other coat was looking at the guy that does Speedkote videos when painting and saw how he was spraying and he started off with lighter mist coat not too wet like I did but I have to pay more attention to instructions on paint too it does say on the Starfire basecoat the metallic base to sand with 400 on vehicle before painting. I got a Nason flat black sealer last summer so would be using that still as a 2k sealer but the difference would be high solids clear which never sprayed before yet.

Have a different spray gun gonna use now never used it before the Ronpeng professional lvlp spray gun got it on Ali Express 3 of them a 1.3, 1.4 and 1.7. Plan on getting 4x8 wood boards to insulate the sealing of garage so can have it warmer so can paint when it's cold in Michigan like it has been now today was in 50's though. Isn't cold as used to be because of the global warming over the years though. I have bought some other stuff too like this sandblaster water attachment hose and other stuff that got lately but cold for painting now unless had garage heater don't want my paint freezing when I paint even though have a infrared 1500 watt heater now too.

Wanted to say thanks for the videos, they helped me greatly on my 39 dodge custom. 👍🏻 Great Job Jerry!!!

I use the elastic top off an old sock to catch the drips

Nice job as always Jerry look forward seeing your next video cant wait thank you for this video

Excellent video - super clear instructions. Thank you!

Looks great for a paint job in a garage.

Thanks Jerry - such great finish, no orange peel at all! I just can't seem to get my paint to lay that flat - getting sick of always having to wet sand and buff to get it to look like that. :/

I appreciate the hard work, but so many of these videos on YT are practically useless. What pressure is at the gun, what are gun settings, what tip size. People always saying wet coat medium coat. How do you achieve this. Adjust air pressure, change hand movement speed. So many questions.

Beautiful work there sir!

2 coats of urethane and you are gold. way to many coats of paint when clear willl not hold up in hot sunny states.

Hey bud! Please help me with something.. the reducer you used in your nason clear.. do you have a part number or what reducer should I use in my nason XL clear? Thank you sooo much!!! Subscribed!

Great job Jerry 👌🏻 came out great.

Wow! Looks Great! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice video. While I get that you're demonstrating technique, it would be nice to know some info about the gun, and your opinion of the results. For example, what were your spray settings? Turns on the flow and pressure knobs? Supply pressure, and if using a local regulator, what did you knock it down too?

Awesome job as always

Looks sweet! No blending to front Fenders? Can't wait to see it done

I wouldn’t stop in the middle as you paint. Sweet left to right and right to left going all the way off the body panel with a 50% overlap. I would also slow down just a bit.

Next time start from the outside in when you are spraying it'll leave you a wet edge that way it's not dry when you go to the other side

Looks great ! And a awesome tip !

So, after you wipe with wax and grease remover you the apply grease from your hand while blowing? Help me understand this will ya?

Lookin' good Bud!!☺

Damn looks amazing!

Looks like your leak in the lid may have come from the vent in the cap top plug facing more forward...that should be pointed toward you so it doesn't leak paint out the top.

Ha , great video, just wanted to share having a German shepherd, my signature is dog hair, somehow always manages to find its way to the paint. Also every spider , creepy crawlies seem to come out of the rafters when the fumes reach the ceiling 🤪 Depending on how fast the reducers are a spider can walk about 6" before becoming a unwilling hood ornament 🕷🦟🐕 Thanks for sharing, about to try Nasons base /clear for the first time, or TCP global, not sure🤷‍♂️

Only change I'd make is to us tape to cover any possible leaks from your gun,your rag might leave debris in the paint,otherwise nice job.I enjoy you vids enoght thought I've been doing show car restos for over 25 years.

Love your videos. Where do you buy the Nason paints and get them color matched? O’Reilly’s stores I call say they do not carry it. I used their tech support and they said the only OReillys in Michigan that mixes auto paint is in Owosso. Where do you get it mixed? Bill

What do you think of nason products and prices?

How does the nason paint spray.Does it hold up long term. what is your favorite cheap paint to use.

What size nozzle for your gun do you spray with? I did 3 wet coats on mine, did get some dust and a little orange peel, will need to send and buff. Will 3 coats be safe foe sand and buff? I don't want to sand through the clear. And what is the max amount of clear you can put on? Thank you, love watching your videos!

Jerry, I’m painting replacement fenders and an existing hood. After I spray sandable primer, can I go straight to base coat then to clear coat? In this video you apply a sealer coat over the primer. What does that do and do you recommend that layer prior to base coat? Love your content.

Beautiful job. Great instructions as always. Will you show the entire car once done ?

I know there are instructions with the primers, paints, and clears but generally how long are you waiting between the paint coats and clear coats? How long do you let the paint dry before you spray the clear? Thank you Jerry for sharing your talents with the rest of us! Keep up the awesome work and videos!

Great video thank you for sharing 👍👏😎🍺

Great finish from a cheap gun. With all the mist in the air do you find it causes any problems falling back on to the job. Good video as usual. Thanks Have a Good week . AL

DO YOU USE URETHANE REDUCER IN YOUR BASECOAT

Thanks for the lessons.. 👍

What is your mix ratio with the nason base? It seems alot if people get confused by nasons weird ratios. And do you use the hardener for the nadon base? Thanks

Have you had any luck with the Nason basecoats on lighter metallic colors? I recently repaired a bed off a Chevrolet S10 that was a light pewter metallic using Nason. I could never get the metallic to lay right. I have used the Chroma base on metallics and had much better results. The problem is no one wants to pay the higher price for the Chroma base.. Any tips on working with the Nason lighter metallics to help with the mottling and sandpiling? Thanks

Great video. How much thinner are you using with the base & clear

HEY. JERRY HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH BUGS WHEN PAINTING. I PAINT SOMETIMES AROUND 2-3 AM , USUALLY EVERYTHING GOES PRETTY GOOD EXCEPT THERE (ALWAYS) SEEMS TO BE A MOSQUITO WHO FINDS. IT'S WAY INTO MY LAST COLOR COAT OR MY CLEAR COAT. I'VE GOT THE GARAGE DOORS CLOSED UNTIL 20 MINUTES AFTER SPRAYING BUT DEM DARN MOSQUITOES SEEM TO FIND THEIR WAY IN WHILE I'M PAINTING . ANY SUGGESTIONS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND VIDEOS. THANKS AL

Just got the basecoat paint from Paint For Cars website today but still waiting for the turbine spray gun to come that ordered from a Asian country though the Fuji Q5 platinum hvlp I know it said 15-25 days it gonna take and next week Friday be 25 days so it should be coming by next week it has a 1.3 tip. I don't wanna use my 26 gallon air compressor with this paint again because like you said it did it multiple times when painting with this urethane paint got orange peel but I know they have urethane paints that are higher and lower quality too. I got a higher quality this time than last time paid 99 for a gallon this time paid 135 I still have some of the Arcylic enamel basecoat though that single stage that midnight blue both metallic but the Arcylic enamel paint when used it didn't look like a midnight blue after spraying it with my spray gun. I think the problem could be the psi I spray this paint with and other things but will use a 1.3 when I spray basecoat with this next time. Maybe this paint not good to apply with a small air compressor either though.

What is the sealer you use?

Why Not Paint The Hood Off The Car?

Whats your method of cleaning the gun after painting? I can't seem to get it thouroughly clean. some residue always remains on the nozzle.

How did the color match up to the rest of the car? I hear some painters say you always have to blend into the mating panel to get a true match on poly coats or metallics. I also heard others say that is a myth. Your input please?

Love that color, do you remember what it was called or the paint code?

Great vid👍how long between base coats did you wait?

Great vedio thank you

Do you use your ful-base (basecoat) reducer in your clearcoat?

Never start in the middle of a panel. Keeps a wet edge alle the time if you work your way into the middle,, then switch sides and keep going.. Also put some gloves on when you run your hands on it. Your clean dry hands are still oily.. And finally do your front edge first. Keeps from putting overspray onto you freshly painted hood. Nice color though. Gonna look good.

This morning I sprayed some Nason basecoat XL 442-05 black on some parts (trunk, front & rear valance) for a 68 Mustang fastback. I was using 447-85 reducer mixed properly at 2:1. The temperature at the time was 80 degrees and I was getting ALOT of runs in the base coat. I was using a cheapy $20 Harbor freight gun that had a 1.4mm tip and it seemed like I adjusted the pattern very similar to what you had in this video. Maybe I was not moving the spray gun quick enough as it seems that you were moving a little quicker with your spray motion than I was but maybe there is something else that might be helping the base to run so easily. The humidity was very high earlier today and still is. I would like to get your input as to what else may have caused the base to run so easily? Was it the cheapy spray gun, the temp of the reducer OR do you think I just need to speed up my gun movement. Also how would you get rid of the runs in the base coat as I just stopped spraying it earlier this morning which was about 7 hours ago and didnt spray anymore because I wanted to try and find out what might be the problem. I appreciate your time and input if you can and thanks.

Never lay the end of your air hose on the shop floor while painting.

is the nason 498-00 clear any good does it fade back or keep the same glossy and shine after you spray the last coat

Do you have to shake the gun alot so the metallic doesn't settle on the bottom? Thank you for the video. Enjoy your weekend!

You never run your hand against the job before tacking. Never. Oil in your hands can contaminate the Finnish.

Inside of a garage..""Wow. ,",, Truth You don't need a paint booth to paint cars....thks

You can see orange peel mmmm something is not right out there....

Why are you running your bare hand over it??? That's a big NO NO!