Best sealer color for this base

Vanillagorilla

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Doing an all over on my hooptie/beater. I havent sprayed many greens. What would be the best color sealer to use under this medium/dark green metallic base? Thanks.
 

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Mid gray. SPI grey epoxy reduced as a sealer would work well. If you have some black epoxy you could intermix it with the grey to get it darker. That would help save you a little bit of base if you are trying to economize. Any grey sealer would work though.

What would happen to that dark green color if black spi epoxy sealer was used?
 
What would happen to that dark green color if black spi epoxy sealer was used?
It would be very dark. It would take extra coats to get to the true color or what is called "coverage". Meaning that applying additional coats would not affect the actual color. So if I used a mid gray, it might take 3 coats to get coverage. With a black sealer it would take 6 coats probably. Three coats of color over white, grey, and black sealer all will differ some from each other. White, lighter. Black, darker. For that color a mid gray is the ideal choice.
Black sealer is rarely a good color for anything other than black.
 
What would be the best color sealer to use under this medium/dark green metallic base?
Hooptie/ beaters, any color, when mixing sealer, closer the better. Less coverage equals more base cost. One or two extra coats can mean hundreds of dollars. Doing an all over, jamb overspray edges look less noticeable. An easy way to hold paint sticks next to each other, color to sealer. Light to dark, mix the sealer close as possible. Colors like these are usually transparent. Cheaper base lines are even more transparent, sealer really helps cover. IMO, 2 parts gray to 1 part black, would be a good start.
 
Last Shop I was at my Coworker was doing a nearly new Chevy Silverado with the 3 stage ruby red paint. It was a simple blend job in the front portion of the left fender. My coworker being the genius that he was, used black urethane sealer. Never used it before, don't know why he did that day. Well after a time. he comes out of the paint booth and tells me he can't blend the color. I ask him if he knew why, he didn't have a clue. He said....you did something wrong. This guy had been doing this work (albeit very mediocre) longer than I have. First he says, you mixed the wrong color (I had to mix all his paint:rolleyes:) then you gotta fix it (heard that all the time:)). He had used black sealer and the color was so off the rest of the truck it was almost unbelievable. Asked him why in the hell did he use black sealer? He says...color makes no difference. :rolleyes:Ended up having to prime that whole area of the fender and do the blend into the door. Color matched perfect when done. I used mid grey urethane sealer. He realized color really does make a difference. Probably forgot it by now though. :rolleyes:
Stories like that are why I have no desire ever to work collision for someone else again.
 
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