Automotive paints which one to use

[autobody prof.]

Dean, Chrysler has been using S-W waterbourne on their Jeep products for the last 4 years. GM has certified S-W for waranty repaint and collision refinishing of it's vehicles. Any paint company that wants this certification has to subject their product to a rock chip test. That test is esentially dropping a plate of small rocks into a small wind tunnel that directs the rocks at a painted panel. Wind velocity is 60 MPH. For the paint o pass it can have no more than six small chips. S-W has ureflex in it's premium basecoats and clears allowing them to flex not chip. I would question the prep of the bumper not the product. If you have any questions about the product you can contact Clint Baker at the Reno training center. His email is Clint.J.Baker@Sherwin.com

Don

[SLHetal]

Time to do a little legwork. Go to your nearest Mercedes, Porsche, Lexus dealer, or whichever one you like, and look at their cars on the showroom. Find the paint job you like best and then go back to the parts department at that dealer and ask the manager which paint brand is used on their new cars. I had a chance to see three new cars parked next to each other here at a local club, all were black, a Merecdes, a Porsche, and a Lexus. You'd be very surprised how different the paintwork is when you look closely at the flow, orange peel, depth and color. I've always used Glasurit.
Sam