Today I went to the local PPG dealer, to try and work up some kind of comprehensive quote for paint for the roadster pickup. I will be painting it myself, so needed to price out material. Normally, to paint a full size sedan with acrilic enamel, I always used to buy 3 quarts of paint, a gallon of reducer, and a pint of activator. This was enough to give 3 full coats on a full size sedan. If I had to do inside the door jambs as well as the exterior, I would buy a full gallon of paint. This is using conventional paint equipment, not HVLP. Paint technologies have changed a lot, and this time I am going to use Omni basecoat/clearcoat for the job. I will be painting it "2004 Chev SSR Slingshot Yellow"-----I know from experience that this paint doesn't cover worth a damn, (it took an entire quart to do the engine and transmission). When I went in and asked to price out 6 quarts, the salesman asked if I was painting a motor home---he said that at a 1:1 mix ratio, that would give 12 quarts of sprayable paint.. I explained that no, only a small pick-up truck with no roof. But--------I am going to have it apart to spray it in 3 batches. One batch of parts will be the grill shell, hood, tailgate, steering column, front splash apron, and 4 wheels. The second batch will be the bed, the bed valances, and the body shell. The third batch will be all the fenders, splash aprons, and running boards (Iwill spray them in place on the chassis). Then, assuming I have enough paint to cover all this adequately, I will probably need at the very least a gallon of clear, along with the appropriate reducer to give everything 2 coats of clear.---I intend to clear the 3 batches about 1/2 an hour after the last color coat on each batch flashes (or whatever time interval the instructions call for), without any additional sanding in between. The number of peices in each batch is dictated by the size of spray booth I have to work with.---All told, for 6 quarts of color along with the equal ammount of reducer, 1-gallon of clear, and the appropriate reducers for it, I am looking at about $500 including taxes. I don't think thats a bad deal. There is a more expensive line than the Omni, but it costs over twice as much.