UreChem Paints — Direct from Perkinston, Mississippi

Nationwide Automotive Paint Supplier — Shipping to the Lower 48 States

UreChem ships automotive paint, clearcoats, primers, additives, and custom-matched colors to body shops, restoration builders, and DIY painters across the lower 48 United States — direct from our Perkinston, Mississippi manufacturing facility.

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How UreChem Ships Nationwide

Every UreChem order ships directly from our Perkinston, Mississippi manufacturing facility through our online store, thecoatingstore.com. Because we manufacture, batch, and warehouse under one roof, there is no regional jobber sitting between you and the paint — the gallon you spray came off the same line as the gallon shipped to the body shop two states over, which is what keeps batch-to-batch color and viscosity consistent.

Quart and gallon kits ship via ground freight in DOT-compliant packaging. Larger volume orders, drums, and any regulated-quantity hazmat shipments go LTL with the appropriate carrier documentation. Automotive refinish coatings are flammable and cannot legally ship by air, so everything routes ground — plan accordingly when scheduling a paint job.

Lower 48 only. UreChem currently ships to the contiguous 48 states and Washington, DC. We do not ship paint to Alaska or Hawaii.

Climate-Based Product Selection

Ambient temperature and humidity are not background variables — they directly determine whether a paint job lays down flat or fails. Reducers and activators are engineered for specific temperature ranges. Use a reducer that flashes too fast in 95-degree heat and you get dry spray, orange peel, and lost gloss. Use one that flashes too slow in a 60-degree booth and you get sags, runs, and clearcoat that never fully crosslinks. The chemistry is unforgiving in either direction.

Humidity matters just as much, especially during basecoat flash and clearcoat application. High-humidity environments trap moisture between coats, which can blush a basecoat, soften a clearcoat, or produce solvent pop as trapped vapor tries to escape the curing film. The fix is matching activator speed to the actual conditions in the booth, not the conditions on the calendar.

UreChem builds its reducer and activator lineup specifically so painters can match products to conditions rather than fighting them. Three reducer speeds and three activator speeds cover everything from a 55-degree morning in Vermont to a 100-degree afternoon in Phoenix.

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Low-VOC & Regulated Markets

Automotive refinish coatings are regulated for volatile organic compound (VOC) content in a growing number of US markets. Painters in those markets need products that are compliant on the can, not just close to compliant. UreChem's low-VOC offering for these jurisdictions is the UC-421 Low-VOC 2K Urethane Clearcoat, formulated to meet the most common refinish VOC limits while still delivering the gloss and DOI body shops expect.

A practical application note: low-VOC clearcoats typically require three to four coats to achieve the same final film build that two to three coats of a conventional clear would deliver. Plan kit quantity and booth time around that math, not around the old assumption. We strongly recommend painters in regulated markets confirm the current local rule before purchase; federal guidance is published at epa.gov, and your state or district air quality agency will have the controlling specifics.

Regional Product Recommendations

The lower-48 map breaks cleanly into four practical painting zones. Each one has a typical product pairing that solves the dominant climate problem for that zone.

Color Options Available Nationwide

Every UreChem color ships to every state we serve. The samples below pull a representative spread from each major car paint colors category so you can see what kind of finish each system produces; click any swatch to shop, or follow the "See all" link for the full palette. Hand-sprayed color charts are available in the color selectors' area of the store for any color you want to confirm before committing a gallon.

Metallic Colors

Metallic colors blend finely classified aluminum particles with pigment, giving you sparkle that shifts with the light. Generally easy to apply, durable, and a common starting point for new builders.

Stellar Silver Gunmetal Grey Black Sparkle Burnt Orange Fire Red Royal Blue

Pearl Colors — 2 Stage

Pearlescent pigments give colored shimmer rather than the silver flash of a metallic. Two-stage pearls run a pearl base under a protective clear. Excellent depth, moderate complexity.

Sunset Orange Cherry Bomb Black Cherry Tahitian Black Holy Guacamole Midnight Blue

Pearl Colors — 3 Stage

Three-stage pearls run a solid base, a pearl midcoat, and a clear. The added midcoat is what gives factory-style depth on whites and pastels — and what makes the system more demanding to repair.

Starfire White Galaxy Blue Blizzard Beach Lambo Orange Cosmic Turquoise Mysterious Purple

Solid Colors

No sparkle, no shift — just rich, even hue. Solids are easier to apply, easier to repair, and less expensive than pearls or candies, with comparable longevity. Don't read "solid" as "boring"; the saturation range is huge.

Super Bright White Super Jet Black Tru Red Viper Yellow Indigo Vibrant Green

Candy Colors — 2K Urethane (EKU / EKB / EKK)

Candy paint colors are a three-step system: reflective base, transparent colored layer, then clear. Light enters, reflects, and re-passes through the candy layer on its way back out — that's what creates the depth nothing else matches.

Fire Red Cobalt Blue Copper Tangerine Electric Purple

Candy Graphic Series (KGC)

Pearlized candy bases formulated for panel graphics, custom artwork, and detailed taping work — fast flash time enables multi-color sequences without bleed-through.

Apple Red Sunset Gold Emerald Green Vexing Violet

Chameleon / Color-Changing Colors

Chameleons start with a non-reflective (usually black) base, then a special pearl that shifts hue dramatically with viewing angle, then clear. Demanding to apply and repair, but they weather better than candies.

Hole Shot Storm Surge Tokyo Drift Nuclear Gold Psychotic Illusions

Restoration Colors

We've matched factory colors for many of the most-requested 50s, 60s, and 70s classics. Don't see your year and trim? Use our custom color match request — classic car color matching is one of our most-asked services.

1965 Chevrolet Corvette 1968 Dodge Charger 1969 Ford Mustang 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle

Body Shop & Volume Customers

Volume buyers — independent body shops, restoration shops, fleet operations, and custom builders running through paint by the case — get pricing breaks beyond what's posted in the online store. Because every batch is manufactured at our Mississippi facility, you also get the batch-to-batch color consistency that matters when a job stretches across multiple gallons or you're matching a repair into existing panels.

For OEM matches and discontinued factory colors, our color-match service handles requests from spectro readings, paint codes, and physical samples — start with the custom color match request form, or browse our existing restoration paint colors first to see if we already have your match in stock. Application questions, mix ratio confirmations, and product substitutions all run through the tech line at (601) 928-5197. Net terms are available on approved business accounts; ask when you set up the quote.

States We Ship To

UreChem ships to every state in the contiguous United States plus Washington, DC. Below is a quick reference for product or regulatory considerations by state. Most states have no special considerations — the standard system covers them. Where a note exists, it's because the climate or regulation actively changes the product call.

• Alabama — Hot/humid Gulf zone; use UA-40 fast activator in summer.
• Arizona — High UV / heat zone; UR-012 slow reducer + UC-210 glamour clear.
• Arkansas
• California — Low-VOC required statewide; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Colorado — Cold zone in winter; altitude flashes solvents quickly.
• Connecticut — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Delaware — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Florida — High humidity; use UA-40 fast activator.
• Georgia — Hot/humid in summer across the southern half.
• Idaho — Cold-zone product call in winter.
• Illinois — Chicago metro counties carry stricter VOC rules.
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana — Hot/humid Gulf zone; use UA-40 fast activator.
• Maine — Cold zone in winter; heated booth required.
• Maryland — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Massachusetts — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Michigan — Cold zone in winter; heated booth required.
• Minnesota — Cold zone; UR-012 slow may not flash below 65°F.
• Mississippi — UreChem's home state. Facility pickup in Perkinston by appointment.
• Missouri
• Montana — Cold zone in winter.
• Nebraska
• Nevada — Hot/dry zone; UR-012 slow reducer + UC-210 glamour.
• New Hampshire — Cold zone in winter.
• New Jersey — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• New Mexico — Hot/dry zone; use UR-012 slow reducer.
• New York — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• North Carolina
• North Dakota — Cold zone; heated booth required most of year.
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon — Temperate Pacific NW; defaults apply.
• Pennsylvania — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Rhode Island — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• South Carolina — Hot/humid coast in summer.
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas — Mixed; Houston/Dallas counties have VOC rules; west TX paints as hot/dry.
• Utah
• Vermont — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Virginia — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.
• Washington — Temperate Pacific NW; defaults apply.
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin — Cold zone in winter.
• Wyoming — Cold zone; altitude considerations apply.
• Washington, DC — OTC low-VOC market; specify UC-421 clearcoat.

Note: UreChem does not ship to Alaska or Hawaii.

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