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SPI (Southern Polyurethanes, Inc.) makes all sorts of automotive paint products and they seem to specialize in quality products for the hobbyist and small shop market as their products seem to have larger recoat windows and such. Anyway, I bought some of their DTM epoxy recently and in conversation with the helpful and knowledgeable human (who actually answered the phone!), I mentioned I wished there was a flat paint with good UV and chemical protection like their epoxy, but in military green. Fellow told me that one of the guys had a MV and had mixed up a green epoxy for it. They would have to do a 5-gallon minimum, but they would be happy to match what he did and could perhaps get a closer match if I could provide a sample!
This is a pretty exciting development, sort of a good medium between CARC and house paint in terms of cost, durability, and the rest of it.
Anyway, here's a pic of the truck so painted, see what you make of the color:
Looks too light to me, but as I said, if I can get them a swatch to match and am willing to buy 5-gallons, they might be able to come up with something close.
Datasheet for the epoxy here: https://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/epoxy-primer
It doesn't like the cold one little bit, so that does make it harder to know how much I like it, but the black I bought and used before winter hit seemed good.
This is a pretty exciting development, sort of a good medium between CARC and house paint in terms of cost, durability, and the rest of it.
Anyway, here's a pic of the truck so painted, see what you make of the color:
Looks too light to me, but as I said, if I can get them a swatch to match and am willing to buy 5-gallons, they might be able to come up with something close.
Datasheet for the epoxy here: https://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/epoxy-primer
It doesn't like the cold one little bit, so that does make it harder to know how much I like it, but the black I bought and used before winter hit seemed good.