<VV> Question about paint systems

[DTerry8123 at aol.com]

Hi Mel, Thanks. We can still get acrylic lacquer. Regal Red runs about  
$150/qt. At least I don't need much for what needs to be painted.
Thanks,
Dan Terry
 Corvair Atlanta
 
 
In a message dated 6/19/2009 11:35:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mfrancis at wi.rr.com writes:

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

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