Clear Coat Experts - Touch Up Paint Durability
11-05-2010, 09:20 PM
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Le Mans Master
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Clear Coat Experts - Touch Up Paint Durability
I have a couple spots on my car to touch up. I have several base coat/clear coat touch up paint kits (both brush on and aerosol).
(1)Would the clear coat in these touch up kits be as durable as the factory paint after it has cured?
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
(1)Would the clear coat in these touch up kits be as durable as the factory paint after it has cured?
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
11-06-2010, 08:11 AM
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(1) Would the clear coat in this touch up kits be as durable as the factory paint after it has cured?
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paint is cured at high temperatures; OEM paints are cured in a paint oven at around 320. °F (160. °C) for 20 minutes, in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat, or infrared. So OEM cured paint is going to be harder and more durable than after-market paint
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
Both
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
This is dependent (like many things in detailing) on the paint surface preparation. With proper prep the new paint will bond and once its cured will be able to withstand (within reason) an applied abrasive
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paint is cured at high temperatures; OEM paints are cured in a paint oven at around 320. °F (160. °C) for 20 minutes, in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat, or infrared. So OEM cured paint is going to be harder and more durable than after-market paint
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
Both
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
This is dependent (like many things in detailing) on the paint surface preparation. With proper prep the new paint will bond and once its cured will be able to withstand (within reason) an applied abrasive
11-06-2010, 09:15 PM
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Le Mans Master
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(1) Would the clear coat in this touch up kits be as durable as the factory paint after it has cured?
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paint is cured at high temperatures; OEM paints are cured in a paint oven at around 320. °F (160. °C) for 20 minutes, in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat, or infrared. So OEM cured paint is going to be harder and more durable than after-market paint
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
Both
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
This is dependent (like many things in detailing) on the paint surface preparation. With proper prep the new paint will bond and once its cured will be able to withstand (within reason) an applied abrasive
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paint is cured at high temperatures; OEM paints are cured in a paint oven at around 320. °F (160. °C) for 20 minutes, in multiple oven zones where the paint is baked with radiation and convection heat, or infrared. So OEM cured paint is going to be harder and more durable than after-market paint
(2) Does the catalyst used in pro-paints make the clear coat harder or does it just aid in curing time?
Both
(3) Can these touch up clear coats hold up under paint correction with say a Flex and Menzerna Nano Polish?
This is dependent (like many things in detailing) on the paint surface preparation. With proper prep the new paint will bond and once its cured will be able to withstand (within reason) an applied abrasive
