<VV> Question about paint systems

[Mel Francis]

Hi Dan, I understnd your situation.....

If you went with an acrylic enamel or another two-stage system, the 
resulting finish would be way off, compared to your
existing lacquer finish. It would be very glossy and even the final polished 
surface texture is not the same as lacquer.
If you get a good color match in lacquer, you can paint part of, or complete 
panels and blend things in pretty well, for now.

As long as you can really still get acrylic lacquer, since lacquer has been 
outlawed in many states, that would be your best choice
for spotting-in the affected areas. You will need a compatible lacquer 
primer for that, too.

But this would be just until a better time arrives, since the existing paint 
job would appear to have some faults of its own,
with it's basic inter-layer adhesion and should not have peeled under a 
tarp. An original factory-applied lacquer paint job
would not have reacted that way.

Mel Francis
65 Monza convertible


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DTerry8123 at aol.com>
To: <cash.case at sbcglobal.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Question about paint systems


> Hi Cash,
> I can afford to use either paint system since all I'm paying for are the
> materials. The labor is being covered by the person who caused the damage. 
> He
> is  not able to buy the materials. His situation is much worse than  mine.
> What I need is to get the car back on the road because I lost  my company
> car. What I can't afford is to repaint the whole car at this time.  That's
> what I would like to do.
> Dan Terry
> 65 Corsa 140 coupe.
> Corvair Atlanta
>
>
> In a message dated 6/19/2009 9:48:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cash.case at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> ...and  have limited funds....
>
> There's your limiting factor right there.   ;op
> You do what you have money for.
>
> -C
>
> --- On Thu, 6/18/09,  DTerry8123 at aol.com <DTerry8123 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> From:  DTerry8123 at aol.com <DTerry8123 at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Question  about paint systems
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Thursday, June  18, 2009, 8:06 PM
>
> I'm going to throw a question out to the group. I  hope that it doesn't
> start a ongoing thread like the valve adjust  question.GGG.
> The paint on my 65 Corsa (Regal Red) was damaged by someone  who was
> repairing an engine problem for me. While he had the car, he  left it
> outside and
> covered it with a blue tarp.(A big no no in my  opinion.) After the 
> repairs
>
> were finished and he pulled the tarp  off, the paint on the trunk lid, top
> and  rear deck started flaking  off in big chunks. One was about the size
> of a
> basketball. It even  lifted the primer. He is repainting the damaged 
> panels
>
> for me and we  are trying to decide what paint system to use.
> The paint on the car is  acrylic lacquer. It was painted in 1980 and
> overall looks good. It  is kept in the garage when not being driven.
> He can do it in lacquer at  $150./ qt or we also talked about base
> coat-clear coat.
> My  question is what opinions does the group have for the best paint 
> system
>
> to use? And will the base coat-clear coat system blend in with the
> lacquer?
> The  car will be used at least for awhile as a daily driver,  having
> suffered through  a lay-off and have limited  funds.
> Thanks,
> Dan Terry
> Corvair Atlanta
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