Base coat paint

[vdubz]

How long can you keep solvent based basecoat paint? I am going to be spraying the engine bay, underside of bonnet and front panel of my car before reinstalling the engine, and then putting the car into storage untill i get time to complete it, maybe 1-2 years (i'm restoring it to show standard so thers no hurry). So the basecoat i buy could be 2 years old when i use it, as i want to buy all the paint i need in one go (5 Liters) to insure colour consistency. Cheers

 

[tysonn]

Why not just get enough to do the underbonnet and engine bay now and if theres any mismatch later you won't be able to notice?

 

[vdubz]

Thanks i did think of that, but i would prefer a 100% guaranteed colour match under the bonnet or not (yes i am very fussy) just wanting to know how long basecoat can be stored, as i would prefer to do it that way if possible. If not then i will have to do it the way you have mentioned.

 

[steveo3002]

should last a year or so no problems , just make sure its stirred well

 

[Chipper]

As above, I'm still using basecoat that's 5 yrs old with no problems, it feels & sprays the same as when I got it though some tins are getting a bit soupy now, very slowly drying. Prob worth setting some unopened tins aside.