[jb15]

I have been trying to find out what the weight of paint on a race car would be.(primer,base coat,2 coats of clear), as a buddy of mine has 4 to 5 jobs on top of each other,curious as to what he's carrying for weight in paint,and if it would be worth stripping and laying down one job.
This is in a drag car---- thanks , Jim

[ZIGGY]

I'm sure someone here can give a more precise answer, but until they do, here's my shot. Go weigh a gallon of automotive paint and one of solvent similar to what was used on the car. See if the can and/or the paint store has any info on the weight/amount of solids in the paint. Then ask a good auto painter to estimate the amount of material used on your vehicle. For my old backyard dirt track calc's, I end up using a number of 3lbs per paint gallon as a final WAG of what is actually added to the car. I should have but never did weigh a car before and after painting. I would be very interested in a better weigh to figure it.

[Nick Campagna]

The Mercedes Auto Union cars were "silver". Actually, they were bare metal as they were overweight for their class, and the engineers sanded off the paint between the qualifiers and the race to lighten the cars down to the minimum weight. I think it was in the 50s but I could be wrong.
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Is the defect in what I see, or what I'm seeing with ?

[RCJ]

A powder coater told me he would guess around 4lbs on a dirt track modified chassis.

[NORSK]

I have been told that white is the heaviest colour,probably because it is more dense.

[ZIGGY]

White or light gray make chassis defects easier to see. On the other hand a few folks, including a dirt superstar, paint the chassis and suspension pieces a dark, flat color to make visual analysis more difficult for competitors.