03-01-2011, 05:56 PM | #1 |
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All Black cars
Since the fenders and splash aprons were dipped enamel and the body Nitro, would the sheen of the black have been different?
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03-01-2011, 06:24 PM | #2 |
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Re: All Black cars
Mike,
You know I have asked this same question and think it would be. I'm think I will paint my car with Lacquer(body), there has to be a different reflective sheen ( % of ), which I think is in the Paint & Finish Book. Dudley |
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Mike, where did the term Nitro come from ? I have been around the block a coupe of times (not lately) but have never heard that term before.
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"nitrocellulose lacquer" Did it in 1967. Never again.
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03-01-2011, 08:05 PM | #7 |
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Yes, the two will have a different sheen. I did the chassis on my Riley 4Pory in Sherwin Willimiams Super Coach black back in the 1970's and the body in nitrocellulose lacquer. They both looked great, but different paints have different looks. Still think Super Coach black is the blackest black out there. I'd do it all over again in Nito if I still owned it, looked great for the 14 years I owned it.
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03-01-2011, 08:18 PM | #8 |
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I painted some of my Model As back in the 70s using nitro lacquer on the bodies and acrylic lacquer on the black fenders. 35 or so years later the nitro is still good. The acrylic lacquer is checking so I'm going to sand it down and repaint the black with single stage urethane.
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03-01-2011, 09:15 PM | #9 |
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Given the proper substrates, cracked lacquer was applied too thickly. In 1955 the duPont factory rep told me that factory spec was 3 mils and proved it on a new car. I remember it well as he measured the paint on the front of my new VW at .020. We saw a lot of cracking on "custom" repaints. You've heard the term "20 coats of hand rubbed lacquer"?
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Sorry, I forgot to mention the above was on Buicks
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03-02-2011, 01:02 AM | #11 |
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I painted the body of my '29 tudor in Nitrocellulose Lacquer in 2001 and it still looks great. If it begins to look dull, I simply polish it and it comes right back up. I painted the fender group in black single stage urethane and it still shines like I shot it yesterday.
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