Anyone know anything about Glasurit paint?

[stephen4785]

I have a guy doing some body work on my caddy and he gave me a gallon of Glasurit black. He says the paint is worth $500/gal which I think is bs. He constantly talks about how this paint is the blackist black of all paints which sounds ridiculous.
Glasurit 22 22-m 26 deep black

[Chas_svo]

Sounds real high. Tell him to prove it. Get a small amount and put some metallic in it. You can get a small amount from any store that mixes automotive paint. I bet it turns green or purple. (It should be charcoal.) Black is usually cheap and the same color for a model T or a Lamborghini.

[sdun]

Not so fast jr. Blacks are very different. Typically a domestic car is more of a brown black and euros are a blue black. Most mixing systems have 2 blacks for this reason. Ford UA is not even close to straight black(although I shoot it w/ standard black most of the time). Toyota Super Black calls for straight black, no other toners. There are a few more that I can't remember, paint fumes=memory loss. I can see a gallon of black being pretty close to 5 large in glaso. A mixed pint goes for 50 bucks now days.

btw, if that is a dark(bluer) black and your car is not and you panel paint something you will be able to tell the difference in the sun.

[stephen4785]

Not so fast jr. Blacks are very different. Typically a domestic car is more of a brown black and euros are a blue black. Most mixing systems have 2 blacks for this reason. Ford UA is not even close to straight black(although I shoot it w/ standard black most of the time). Toyota Super Black calls for straight black, no other toners. There are a few more that I can't remember, paint fumes=memory loss. I can see a gallon of black being pretty close to 5 large in glaso. A mixed pint goes for 50 bucks now days.

btw, if that is a dark(bluer) black and your car is not and you panel paint something you will be able to tell the difference in the sun.

This is going on a 1940 Cadillac series 62. The car is being taken down to bare metal, dipped, primered and painted. Right now theres a lot more to do. The guy doing the paint/body work gave us the paint for free so I dont think the difference in the black is going to make a drasstic difference. Although itś nice to get something for free. just wanted to make sure he didnt give us a gallon of chinese lawn mower paint or something.

[Rick Modena]

Sdun knows his shit. Ford UA is not just black toner like so many others are. It has Black, green, yellow and white toners to achieve its color. Toyota has a black that has, black, yellow and red toners to achive their desired black. Now on to your question, Glaso is a premium paint line but just a gallon of black toner is still pretty pricey. Like sdun stated, $40.00 to $60.00 dollars a pint is the norm for just the basecoat.