Originally Posted by
Baggy
Shane,
Stick with Acrylic ...its easy to work with and as you have stated the key is prep work.
I believe Acrylics do need a couple of weeks for the paint to actually harden properly .... my brother was a manager of Dulux and they did a lot of testing of their paints.
Like you Rangie my 2Dr was looking a bit rough so I did a quick one weekend respray outside in a yard at a mates factory.
Didn't have a lot of time to concentrate on the prep ...body is straight and by the time we finished masking we were spraying in the late afternoon with the temperature dropping .... not
good however the results speak for itself.
Still turned out OK .... that was in 2014 .... paint hasn't suffered too much although my baby is gathering dust under a carport awaiting an engine rebuild
Cheers
Baggy
That brings back memories ... that is a very similar red to the first car I painted. The flat colours such as that seem to last better (well the bird **** and tree sap stains don't show as much either way). The paint actually discolours and blisters under bird **** and sap. If you paint that acrylic paint when its too cold, it goes on cloudy (guess how I know this ). Weirdly it sands away once its cured enough though.
seeya,
Shane L.
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
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