Timothy Beloney wrote:
>
> Hmm. Perhaps more research is due. He said the clearcoat is mixed in the
> paint, and they do 2 or three coats. I will have to check on the two stage
> process. Are you saying a single stage will not give good results, or that
> most people are simply doing the two stage these days?
You can't mix the clearcoat material into a DuPont "single stage" paint.
They have different chemistry. But, (like Roger Gibbs mentioned) I have
also heard of jobbers mixing the two-stage material together and applied
it much like the one-stage material application. I'm not sure if DuPont
recommends this practice, but perhaps other paint manufacturers have
designed this process into their paint systems. It can be very
confusing.
Getting back to which is better, the one stage material is the older
technology (25 years) and the two-stage is current technology on the new
cars. So, from my experience, the two stage is better to use on
refinishing the body panels. HOWEVER, I still use the one-stage to paint
the small parts on my Alpine.
I agree that a jobber usually should color sand the finish and buff it.
It's very, very hard to get the finish without any orange-peel. Jobbers
do it, Roger, just look at all the 3M products (and others)available on
the market to help get the factory gloss look from the final color
sanding and buffing.
Jan
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