Lude Generation

Hi Guys,

roughly, how much paint will i need, to paint my whole car? Bearing in mind ive got a carbon bonnet and spoiler as well.

About twice as much as if you were to paint half your car

Well I painted a house a few weeks back and used around 20-25litres. I reckon the total area would be equal to the same 5 Preludes' worth of panel area. So that's around 4litres a car. Take off a bit for the bonnet and spoiler and take into consideration I was putting it on a bit thick and you're probably talking around 3litres.

Too many variables
What colour and how many layers?
What colour primer if using primer? This will effect coverage and the hue.
Shut lines being sprayed? Carbon bonnet being sprayed?
What type of paint?

But as an average i used 3 litres of base coat @ 5 layers and 2 litres of pearl coat @ 3 layers. And 3 litres of lacquer at 1 drop and 2 superwet coats.

that depends on how many coats you are going to put on some show cars use over 10 litres or more

Forgot to mention my estimate was for base coat only*

RattyMcClelland wrote:Too many variables
What colour and how many layers?
What colour primer if using primer? This will effect coverage and the hue.
Shut lines being sprayed? Carbon bonnet being sprayed?
What type of paint?

But as an average i used 3 litres of base coat @ 5 layers and 2 litres of pearl coat @ 3 layers. And 3 litres of lacquer at 1 drop and 2 superwet coats.

Exactly what i wanted, thanks mate.