onebdgti

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Ok I am getting close to painting my 87z28. I wanna paint it Hugger orange. Now my question is do people use a dark primer for a base or a light primer?

topduarte

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Fyi it is hugger orange.

dagwood

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Use a white sealer. The orange will not only cover quicker, but will be brighter as well. If you don't have white sealer, a couple coats of white basecoat will work just fine, with the orange right over the top of it. That's how I have always done it.... I do the same thing with yellow.

blackgloves

Ive considered this also and mine is an 87 IROC! Crazy. I wanna see what it would look like. I really like Hugger Orange and had a 6th gen in "orange crush" loved it

onebdgti

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Its been edited grammer police. Thanks

onebdgti

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Same here. The orange crush looks awesome.

onebdgti

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Thanks dagwood. I will remember that first i gotta get the car close to painting.

blackgloves

is it not the exact same paint color? Hugger/crush?

GM renames paint and I assume its for marketing reasons. A prime example is the "Arctic white" they used on 4th gen LS1 cars. That Arctic White is literally the exact same as "GM Bright White"

Tibo

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My experience and what I've read has been different. I believe there was a longer thread, years old, about the differences in colors the Camaros came with. Arctic White has a small amount of blue in it. Im also pretty certain that the orange that GM used is called Carosel Red.

dagwood

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Hugger Orange was the camaro color. Carousel Red was the GTO color. They have seperate names, but are the exact same formula.

OrangeBird

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Among people who aren't into third gens, my car gets more positive comments for it's color than it does for being an old Firebird.......

onebdgti

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Love it and the color. Makes me wanna paint mine even more.

BIRD91ZRAG

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I concur about using white to seal it before basecoat.
it will take a lot more than you think to cover it completely. My buddy did some test panels for his 69 Chevelle and it took 7 coats of base to get it 100% covered. When they took the lead out of paint, the coverage decreased immensely.

onebdgti

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So what would you use as a base? I am no painter by any means because I always thought that a darker base would make the Hugger Orange pop more.

blackgloves

yeah the statement about GM renaming paint colors came from a guy that worked at Maaco

dagwood

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He said he agrees with a white sealer. A dark sealer will make Hugger Orange appear dark, and not pop. It will look like a sick version