how much paint does it take?!

TedD17 · Feb 14, 2009

Hello everyone i'm new to the IH board on here and was curious on how much primer and paint it takes to paint a M...planned on 3 coats of paint? Just wanted to be close..the wife is not very happy w/me spending the money on it in the first place ha ha thank you everyone

glennster · Feb 14, 2009

for a single stage urethane, using an hvlp spray gun, figure anywhere from 5 to 6 quarts of paint. about the same in primer.

Nebraska Cowman · Feb 15, 2009

I never use primer and never count coats. But a gallon won't cover an M and do a good job. You might's well buy two.

CNKS · Feb 15, 2009

A lot depends on whether you remove all the parts and paint them separately. I used 5 quarts on a C doing it that way, about 6 on a Super H. There is a lot of wasted paint doing them separately, but you get a better job. Not sure a gallon will do an M even with all parts intact. A gallon of epoxy primer, using 2 coats will probably cover it. PPG's version is mixed 1:1 with catalyst, thus one gallon = 2, so you will probably have some left over. I don't think it comes in quarts. You will probably want surfacer over the epoxy on the sheet metal.

GordoSD · Feb 15, 2009

How do you level out the highs and lows, dents and bumps on the sheet metal without primer?

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