Paint is overwhelming me, Help? Options

[VaccaRabite]

Okay, so since I went to Hershey it kinda got a fire lit under me to get some stuff moving.

So, I went to the PPG site to buy paint. PPG website

Anyhow, Conda green, check. What kind do I want. I chose the MAE acrylic enamel with an OMH101 hardener. How much do I want.

How much DO I want? Painting with an HVLP gun, 1.5 gallons? 1 gallon?

Then I got to the primers. My car is bare metal with body putty, what kind of primer do I want?

I started looking at all this stuff, and got totally overwhelmed. Help.

I sound whiney.

Zach

[Kargeek]

I'll give you a tip for painting your 914...I painted my teener, in fact i've painted about five cars. 914's have a lot of fairly flat panels. If you are going to paint the entire car -inside trunks, engine compartment and jams, you know that if you paint these areas first and then paint the outside panels you have to deal with overspray issues. So, paint the outside of the car first. Then mask all the outside panels and then do the other areas. Much easier and less hassle with overspray issues.

If you are going to blow apart apart for body work and painting- removing the doors and trunks etc. and you have a car with perfectly aligned body panels and door gaps, take a 1/16" drill bit and drill pilot holes in the door hinges, hood and trunk hinges, headlight pivot hinges etc. When you go to assemble the parts, a locating pin in the holes aligns everything back to perfect alignment.

As for what you need to materials, talk to you local paint supplier. Good luck and remember that preparation is the key to a great paint job.

DH