Red Paint on the '56 Conv By Boyd

[JV69z/28]

Did anyone catch when the red '56 Chevy convertible was being rubbed out the buffing pad was red? If it was that means the car was painted in single stage paint. I had heard that some of the big name shops use single stage so they can be buffed over and over again and if they are chipped or damage the repair is easier. Is that correct? Is this only true on solid colors? If not then why are so many of us using base coat/clear coat? Opinions please.

[hiwayman]

i will be redoing my car (black) with no clear iv heard it dosent make it go milky maybe this is why straight colour?

[zero g]

Solid colors only

[wiedemab]

My dad (bodyman for 40years) swears by single stage especially if you don't have an elaborate paint scheme. His '67 Chevy II was done with Centari (Black) a while back and it's held up great. It was repeatedly buffed over the years and didn't start to look bad until the peaks of the fenders we almost see-though. He did the car over with single-stage again.

Specifically with clearcoated black - any (even minor) scratches show up almost white. When we painted my '89 mustang we used Chroma I and I've been really happy with it.

Just my $.02.

[mikey]

I personally prefer to use single stage on solid colors. The cost is a factor and you can't easily tell the difference if at all. I would never use it on a metallic or pearl tinted color.

[BADVELLE]

I also thought they did it to make it more like back in the day when no clear was used. I use single stage on everything from engines to interior pieces, easily sanded and buffed, and like you said, easy to touch up. I painted valve covers for an engine, when I was sanding them, one dropped, chipped the paint/clear. I then had to redo the whole valve cover again! Same thing happened to an interior piece I was working on, single stage black, touched it up, sanded and buffed, can't tell the difference.