Barry sells a good quality lacquer primer that you can use for guide coats... I have found this the only way to do things if you are guide coating a whole car.. and the fact that it is cheap and can be mixed with regular urethane reducer keeps it simple... no other products to keep up with.. A gallon of this will go a very long way for guide coats.. There is not any other use I have for it... It is not suitable for a surfacer in todays market... Urethane is the only way to go for your primer surfacer!!!!

#6000-1 Lacquer Primer Gray - Gallon
$36.52

#6000-4 Lacquer Primer - Quart
$11.34


SPI lacquer primer is to be thinned 100-150% with SPI'S 860 or 870 urethane reducer.

OOOOOHHHH I was wondering why they would sell something lacquer based.

now my question would be how good of a guide coat is it really if it's grey, and your putting it over grey primer.. can you tint it with maybe something black

Yep you can add in some black for tint... I have done it and it works fine....

why not use red oxide?

i keep mine in a ol siphon pot that hasent been cleaned in 2 yrs i just stir it purge it with my finger an guide coat away!im slowly turnig into a big fan of the 3m dry guide coat especially for mud work!it works awsome!but still like my red ox for wet sanding the final coat

UPOL makes an aerosol dry guide coat that works like the 3M but is a lot easier to use.

I just use left over paint for a guide coat. There is alwas a little left and that gets rid of it.
Rusty

I still use the laq for used cars its cheap and it cleans up ez,like jambs no time to tape well,I let it sit over nite but i always sand bondo to 320 before i prime. A gal lasts a long time