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Behr Paint Jobs- Show me your MV's

fuzzytoaster

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I've been super busy cranking out a dozen of these. My modified USMC green Behr top and Industrial black paint on the chassis (much more abrasive and thermal resistant). I like the look.
 

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TechnoWeenie

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Just an FYI - Federal Standard 595 was deprecated as of 14 Feb 2017. It was replaced with AMS-STD-595.

I'm currently working with PPG and testing their Permanizer - which is a much more color stable and more robust paint than Behr Premium Plus (4300) with only minimal increased cost (~$70 per gallon instead of ~$50 per gallon).

Permanizer is the same type of paint as 4300 but slightly more durable, and much more UV stable.
 

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Slight update on the PPG.

1. They 'found' the code in their system, but the code is only valid on certain product lines - they can't use any code on any product lines, and the only product lines that the code is eligible for is a marine grade epoxy. This is to prevent people from doing stupid #(%& and ordering the wrong stuff in the 'right' color, and protects their name/brand from people doing stupid stuff like painting cars with latex paint..:mrgreen:
2. They were able to use their AMS595 color wheels/swatches/whatever, and do a color match using that, and it looks pretty spot on but won't know until it gets sprayed.
3. Behr looks the tiniest hair flatter, but not by much - but this was only with about 30 minutes drying on a test stick.
4. Home Depot now carries Permanizer at $52/gallon, however they're having issue getting flat ultra deep base permanizer in stock for some reason. I ended up paying about $67/gallon direct from PPG and no, they don't price match.

I should be painting in the next couple weeks and will provide an update.
 
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