Amount of paint to re-paint a 914 Options

[Sea Dragon 914]

I'm considering shooting my own car this summer. I am thinking of using two stage paint and will be painting the exterior up to the weather rubber channels in the trunks and the door jambs.

Anyone know about how many gallons of paint it will take to shoot? I'm thinking three coats of base followed by two or three coats of clear. I've already finished most of the body work and have most of the car stripped and primered.

Thanks

[Andyrew]

Typically base/clear your base coat with 1 gallon of paint + reducer will yield ~ 1.5gal paintable. Plus 1 gal clear and 1quart hardener = 1.25 gal paintable.

For trunks/interior you do one-2 coats clear, for body panels 3 coats clear probably the minimum I would do. I might say more as you have more protection as well as more room for wetsanding if you plan to do that.

I imagine this should be enough for a small 914. For my car I went single stage. Paint+reducer+hardener gave me about 1.6 gals sprayable. I sprayed my body with 7 light coats, plus the undersides of the trunk, plus I sprayed the trunk twice and the roof twice. I still have about 1/3gal of paint left, reducers/hardeners expire so I dont really worry about that.