PPG Delta paints?

[jnorth]

Recently I was at a swap meet and pick up 2 gallons of PPG Delta paint. One is dark green and the other is a gold metallic. Is was only $25 for both gallons so I figured it must be good for something. I was thinking about painting my 71 Buick Skylark Conververtible with the green. It is a weekend driver and will not be getting a resto for a few more years. I am thinking that I could use this paint to practice painting with on the Skylark. In the future when it is restored I will be doing it all over again but it looks like junk now and could really use a cheap paint job. What do you think? BTW I am in the middle of restoring another car at the moment which is why this one has to wait (plus I like driving it on the weekends).

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Jim North
1971 Skylark Convertible
1971 Chevelle Convertible
My lame website

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[MARTINSR]

I don't see a reason to paint a car such as that a color "just because I got a good deal" on the paint. Delta is great stuff, but first of all a single stage metallic is the WORST. It is VERY difficult for even the experianced painter to shoot. I assume it is single stage, there is a Delta bc/cc also though.

You also don't have any idea if this product is good, it may have been made wrong and the guy sold it instead of dumping it!

If I went through all the work (and I mean WORK) that it takes to paint a car, I am going to use products that I know will work.

I say go by a body shop that has a waste barrel and pour it in, chauk up the $25.00 loss to experiance.

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Life long Buick fan,
1965 Gran Sport Conv.
1965 Skylark H/T
1948 Chevy P.U. with 401 in it.

[jnorth]

Ok then nevermind!!!!

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Jim North
1971 Skylark Convertible
1971 Chevelle Convertible
My lame website

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