I see a recent post re. PPG finishes. Here's my $.02 on PPG paints.
I painted the trunk of my mother's Chevy with the exhaust spray fixture on a
vacuum cleaner back when I was 17. It came out looking like a dull blue
"orange". Took a lot of heat on that one. And, used a lot of elbow grease
and compound to get it looking fairly decent.
Two years ago, I tried PPG Concept Acrylic Urethane on my MGB. It was the
first time, and last time, I'll use PPG paint. It produced the worst paint
job I have applied to a car since that Chevy trunk way back when.
Fortunately, I only did part of the car. It took a lot of sanding to get it
ready for the next attempt. On that, I used duPont Ful-Cryl II (That's all
the paint shop had in Mineral Blue formulae.). It came out beautifully.
I have painted a good number of my own cars since the Chevy using lacquer,
enamel and various acrylics. I always get specific mixing instructions
whenever I buy paints. Usually, I have little wet sanding and polishing to
do despite using just decent hobbyist spray equipment. But, that PPG
Concept was "the pits."
In recent years I have used Imron, Centari & even Glasurit's icocyanate with
beautiful results. BTW, I don't know if isocyanate paints are still sold in
the U.S. But, I wouldn't use it again as it is quite toxic & the fumes last
an inordinately long time.
Norm Sippel
'59 Turner (Sprite power & running gear)
'66 MGB
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