Gaz wrote:cav cdx wrote:I am in north wales. a paint shop by me has match the paint £45 for 1/2 a litre
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Thats gotta be waterbased, no way is that 2pac
its a clear over base colour so i take it your refering to the base coat and not the laquer?
as for prices solvent based is being phased out but it ranges from £15-£100 per litre.water based is more expensive ranging from £50-£150 a litre .
if you went to a local car paint and panel shop it was probaly solvent based and not water based,water based has to be used in bodyshops by law now as it has lower voc levels,solvent based is mostly just being used by "fred in the shed" type people as waterbased is harder to use with out expensive guns and drying equiptment.
i painted 2 sides of my gsi last year,i think i paid £52 for 1 litre of base coat,£50 for 5 litres of 2k laquer,as a rule of thumb solvent base coat is mixed 1:1 with thinners so 1/2 litre atcualy makes 1 litre of paint.
£45 isnt bad for half a litre but if you was to buy say 1 litre it wouldnt of cost much more.all this is pretty irrevelnt though unless your feeling like taking on the job of repainting it your self.
any paint related questions feel free to ask me as i was a qualified paint sprayer for 7 or 8 years untill i got bored of long hours and little money