Single stage VS Base/Clear

[BillyBobL71]

Painting my 69 very soon a solid black, and my painter is recommending a Single stage urethane, as touch ups will be easier down the road. Says it'll look just as good as base/clear. Would like the opinion from some of you guys with experience using both. As much as I'm paying for this, I want to get it right, and would value your 2 cents.

Plus, I here a lot of talk about brands, is there really a difference in high end paint brands? He likes to use Du Pont chroma premiere.

Billy (soon to be black) Bob

[NsaneHotrodz]

BC/CC ALL THE WAY! What is this single stage you speak of? lol

[Speedzone1]

Single stage will usually look deeper and more "Black', but is generally less durable. IMO, single stage is no easier to blend than bc/cc. Either way, with black especially, if you ever had to repair, you'd want to paint the entire panel. One trick is to add clearcoat to the black s/s for the last couple coats. Kinda get the best of both worlds....

[RDuke]

BC/CC. Stay away from the single stage stuff if you can.

For pure black I like the Dupont 99T with chromaClear clear coat. I've shot this on a Camaro and it turned out very well...

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n139/r454duke/100_1994.jpg