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frank d kirkstad · 01-03-2021, 11:26 AM

Hello, Happy New Year, I hope everyone is staying healthy. I want to repaint my 36 coupe which is black. I want to stay with black because this will be a body on and I will be able to leave the firewall and door jams alone. I don't really like the look of the basecoat clearcoat on older cars. I would like to go with a single stage. I'm not sure if acrylic lacquer is still available here in NJ, but I have heard many good comments about single stage urethane. I know that black requires more work in preparing the surface for paint, but I am more concerned about picking the shade, some blacks look grayish, some brownish, I would want the darkest black possible if that makes sense. I appreciate any help in pointing me in the right direction. Thank you. Frank

01-03-2021, 11:26 AM	#1
frank d kirkstad Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Little Silver, New Jersey Posts: 28	Black single stage paint. Hello, Happy New Year, I hope everyone is staying healthy. I want to repaint my 36 coupe which is black. I want to stay with black because this will be a body on and I will be able to leave the firewall and door jams alone. I don't really like the look of the basecoat clearcoat on older cars. I would like to go with a single stage. I'm not sure if acrylic lacquer is still available here in NJ, but I have heard many good comments about single stage urethane. I know that black requires more work in preparing the surface for paint, but I am more concerned about picking the shade, some blacks look grayish, some brownish, I would want the darkest black possible if that makes sense. I appreciate any help in pointing me in the right direction. Thank you. Frank