Basic newcomer questions

[Tuna55]

Please pardon me if I am asking questions which I am sure you see too often. I have tried searching a bit, but I figured I should just ask and fall upon your good graces as a helpful group of experienced guys. I have painted one car before, with cheapie single stage and little prep just for a driver, and it went well. This time is more serious, as a culmination of a long project, so I am being more careful and spending more money. The truck is all disassembled and blocked in SPI 2K, and I am going to put another coat of epoxy used as a sealer before I go to body color.

It's a 72 GMC longbed. I want to paint BC/SS, inside and out and the inside of the bed. How much sprayable paint is that for a green/blue?

I have been toying with a few colors, GM Seamist Green code 586, GM Seafoam green code 43/WA9663, GM Sunfire Yellow code 984, Porsche Light Gulf Blue code 328. Chad could not find a formula for Seamist, so I am not sure what to do there yet. I also wish the paint to have that "powder" or "baby" quality which I find difficult to explain. I want it to be soft, the opposite of metallic. I don't know if there is a type of modifier for the paint to enhance that quality, or if it is all in the paint color.

Thanks in advance

 

[elwood]

If you are also doing inside the cab, inside doors, bottom of hood and inside of bed, you will need at least one and half to two gallons that you will mix with reducer. If you are planning on keeping it or want it to look good for any period of time use high quality color and clear.

 

[RenewAP]

Many of the 70's vehicles had pastel colors as options, 1976 GM WA5202 blue is a softer blue. Ideally going with colors that were available on that year and model would make it easier to figure out the color used 30 years from now for you or the next guy. What ever you go with, making a tag showing the codes used, and then putting it on a fender or firewall is never a bad idea. I always stamp a 1" x 2" copper strip with the codes and the word "paint" , then attach it to a inner fender bolt.