Concept Paints, otherwise known as in the USA as Transtar is a very cost efficient way of spraying a car with some of the cheapest paint on the market, they have a full paint system with every colour you will need to match most OEM paint finishes although I have found there are some colours that you will just not be able to get due to poor lift in their metallic paint.
From my experience it is only about 1 in 10 colours that you’ll have big problems with and after a while you’ll know before mixing just by looking at the colour if it will be a problem, so you’ll know to organize another option.
Don’t let this scare you off because there are some strong points, the HS primer is one of the best on the market and affordable, the No-Mix basecoat is cheaper than any other basecoat by the liter and also goes further because the mixing ratio is 1:1 not 2:1 like most other basecoats.
I have not used all of the Concept Paints products so I can only go from my experience but overall it is a very mixed review with some excellent products and some average.
Perfect for budget resprays and in a low volume paint shop.
For a high production panel shop I would imagine that the savings in price would be outweighed by loss of time colour matching, reworking and there are also some drying issues with their HS clear coats.
As all of my reviews this is 100% independent and based on my personal opinion.
well its almost Christmas so Merry Christmas hope all is well in Thailand.
We have a paint available here called Automotive Art Motobase solvent base and HS40 and HS 50 clears. They also have an array of products which seem awesome. weve communicated in the past mr g i dont know if these products are labelled as Automotive art in Thailand but the products i think are quite nice. anyway just thought id mention the product i couldnt find their european name for you to try out.
All the best my friend
Thanks for stopping by my website Dana and Merry Christmas to you and your family too, I need to get a place to work before I get too worried about the products though haha, this guy who is employing me changed the plan drastically from a spray centre where I’m the head technical guy to now I’m going to be a salesman hmmm, not what I packed my life up for and sold everything I own, but something will come of it I hope.
Hi gunman,I’m not a painter and have never held a spray gun but I’m 63 yrs old and I love all your videos and I’m going to start to work on my 05 RAM 3500 dually and fix a dented fender and I am confident after watching days of your video that this will be fun and I’m going to paint some shit in Florida. Thanks for all the helpful info and remember everything happens for a purpose and it always works out so don’t get discouraged by any business setbacks because you get to go to work and do what you love,how great is that.chasz
Gunman.
I think what you have evolved with this site is great. having said that I,m unimpressed with your education with using a paint system E.G usage & training its ok to have a go with out really knowing how a system works and that you have to be commended but to advise other people publicly of your opinion with out being fully trained on the products is a bit imature.E.G iv watched your video with concept your application on basecoat & hs 55 clear is quiet appalling.
No Mix base coat is a 2.5 coat base you also need to allow a flash between coat.
Common causes of problems with basecoat though not giving proper flash of times & using wrong thinner are
reduction in gloss,delamination,solvent boil, mottle
Common causes of hs clear not curing properly are
In correct application methods, No flash between coats,
not baked or incorrect baking temps.watch your video your guilty of all and more I would expect better
Also if you want to paint & look professional in a end draft booth at least wear the pants to your spray suit that many alleviate your dust issues.
knowledge & training is the most important part of painting something you should already know. So if your game come to the concept training centre for a few days and we’ll properly train you in our products . Any colour you like then you can review that with the KNOWLAGE of knowing how to us it. So come on put your ability where your mouth is.
I knew from the first two sentences that you were somehow affiliated with Concept Paints, I gave you guys the option to be part of this review before it was made but I was treated rudely on the phone when asking simple technical advice and the head sales rep wouldn’t reply to emails. The simple matter is that the system is average at best, you can try to make me look amateur and incompetent all you like but that won’t change the fact that Concept Paints is far from a good paint system.
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I’ve also tried emailing them as an enthusiast, asking some more minor details on their product, and never received a reply.
I’ve tried from my Gmail, Hotmail, and from my work email address (a very large respected company); no reply, spaced out over the course of 3 weeks (1 email per week).
Phone call was VERY rude, but at least I got the answer.
I’ve actually had great experiences with the product, but the staff are horrible.
Also, with the amount of spelling errors and grammatical errors to boot, I’m surprised you replied to that comment at all.
I mean, to caps-lock, then spell ‘knowledge’ wrong? The 3rd graders shouldn’t be customer-facing.
Keep up the good work Gunny, you clearly know what you’re doing.
You wrote that like a fucking imbecile, Glenn. Was going to do my project car with Concept but rethinking now because of this..
Sorry it took me 5 years to call you out on this – you have probably humiliated yourself plenty in the meantime xoxo
I have been using Concept paint Unicolour for a couple of years now and in my opinion I can get it to lay down as good as the Top shelf brands.The quality of their 900 2K basecoat is as good as anything else I have used and paid double the amount for.
Match it with some concept 2K clear or Besa clear and you won’t go wrong.
Their High-build 4000 etch primer is the best I have used, and you can reduce it with Multipurpose thinner if you are stuck. It goes over anything without any wrinkling or separating whatsoever. Not many High-builds sand as smooth as it does & I always use it as my final undercoat, especially under Gold Metallic base-coat.It always gives my golds a closer match to the factory colours for some reason.
Hi gunman
You are doing great efforts by teaching people, thank you for all the techniques and advises, can you please give us a list for paint shops that have resnoble prices and good advisers?
Thanks mate
Transtar no match sucks if you have hours to tint and by the time you tint it it cost you double in time and material reps are non existent and don’t and won’t give any earranty
I’ve had problems with the KBS Diamond clear and their other products if it’s been opened or been sitting on the shelf for 12+ months. The clear can take hours to touch dry if a bit old and if the lid has been off for mixing it generally reduces the life of the product even their blacktop etc