Okay, so the paint on my car is DuPont "Centauri" Acrylic Enamel. The
primer (a sand color) was also DuPont. How long will it last? I already
have lots of stone chips in the front of the car. Should I repaint it in
these areas? How much difference do layers make? How many are enough? I
think mine may be too thin (hence the small stone chips).
Ryan
>From: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
>To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>, <spritenut@Exit109.com>, <mhanna@ball.com>
>CC: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: paint
>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 09:44:47 -0000
>
>waaaayyyy back in the early days of enamel paint (straight enamel) there
>was
>nitrocelulose laquer. it was what evry laquer job up into the 60's was
>done with.(btw! most old laquers were photochemically reactive, the clear
>yellowed, and colors faded when exposed to direct bright light!, hence cars
>stored in garages with a window on one side and not on the other in some
>cases were 2 difrent colors from window side fading) then came along
>acrylic laquer. and along came catalised acrylic enamel . acrylic enamel
>with a hardner you added to make the paint "cure" faster and more resistant
>to damage. a straight enamel paint takes almost a year to completly
>harden
>or dry without baking in a heated spray booth. the stuff was an instant
>shine paint job in an era of laquer needing to be buffed after sanding with
>evry paint job done. the enamel was cool for it's time. now we have epoxy
>based paints water based paints, base coat clear coat paints and a myriad
>of
>manufacturers whose names for the same products do not readthe same.
>another suprise in the paint world is............if you are using dupont
>paint, use all dupont materials(thinner etc.) and the same goes for sikens
>and so forth. you can get into a real bind with some product
>incompatibility if you try to mix manufacturers materials. and after it
>comes out of the spray gun is too late to find out you made a mistake!
>
>chuck.
>i was spraying acrylic enamel this morning! geez! it was 17 degrees
>outside this morning when i went out to the shop.
>bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!...............c. :)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
>To: <spritenut@Exit109.com>; <mhanna@ball.com>
>Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 8:25 AM
>Subject: paint
>
>
> > Is this what we would call cellulose?
> >
> > In a message dated 30/11/00 18:08:06 Pacific Standard Time,
> > spritenut@Exit109.com writes:
> >
> > << This time I shot enamel with a catalyst hardener. >>
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