At 10:20 AM 11/24/97 -0500, Rich Mason wrote:
>At 08:30 AM 11/23/97 -0500, Art wrote:
>Thanks for the info...the body shop supply folks here are recommending an
>acrylic enamel with a hardener system (they don't even sell lacquer any
>more). I guess that's part of the higher cost I'm seeing. I'm not sure
>what I'm going to do now. I hope you don't mind a few more questions... :)
What about urethane clearcoat? My brother and I painted my recently rebuilt
engine with urethane clearcoat and got excellent results.
>2) I too, was thinking that lacquer was the way to go, but everyone is
>trying to talk me out of it. The only negative that I hear is that you have
>a lot more labor to rub out the finish initially, and you have to
>periodically buff it out. Is there a way to clear-coat the lacquer to keep
>it shiny and new-looking?
>4) How many coats of lacquer do you recomend?
One or two coats for urethane paint. Not 5 or 6 like lacquer.
The secret like all others have said is preparation.
jay
i will be summarizing my results of the full rebuild of my '70 engine soon
and it will include a checklist
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