Duplicolor Paint - lacquer
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Le Mans Master
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From: Sewell NJ
Duplicolor Paint - lacquer
I was just looking at the Duplicolor site because I saw an ad in one of my magazines advertising their Paint Shop Finish System. I was surprised to see that this product is lacquer. Most of the major manufacturers have phased out lacquer in lieu of two part systems. Now I've never used this paint so I can't comment on it but if you're looking for a low cost, low hazard, easy to spray solution this may be the ticket. Summit sells the paint for $19.95 a quart which is about $80 a gallon ready to spray. This is equivalent to the $175 a gallon I paid last year for Dupont which is thinned 50/50. I think you could paint a vette for under $500 with this system which is a bargain. Now remember, lacquer won't be as durable as the two part systems but it is easier to spot in case of damage and produces an excellent shine. Just thought you guys would want to know about this.
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/paintshop.html
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/paintshop.html
Drifting
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From: Nixa Missouri
I was watching a car fixer show one saturday morning and they were talking about it so I looked it up on the net and read about it. I also came acrossed it when I was at oreillys parts store.
Your, right it is something to consider, but unless the guy I'm talking to quotes me some stupid price to paint my 70 then I my consider it.
The only problem is I'll need to paint with the grey and will need to find out or see how close the grey is to a laguna grey.
Your, right it is something to consider, but unless the guy I'm talking to quotes me some stupid price to paint my 70 then I my consider it.
The only problem is I'll need to paint with the grey and will need to find out or see how close the grey is to a laguna grey.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Sewell NJ
The big savings here for the do it yourselfer is the fact you won't need a supplied air respirator as you do with two part paints. A hobby level supplied air respirator can easily run $500. Also, you can easily spend $1k to $1500 on materials for two part paints. Now two part paints will give you a much more durable paint job but since most of the cars we have are garaged and not daily drivers durability isn't as critical.
Drifting
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I used this recently to paint a racing stripe on the 80 (jet black + clear) and wouldn't recommend it - I ended up sanding it off and redoing it with paint from NAPA's auto body shop and it was worlds apart.
Now granted I'm pretty much an amateur when it comes to painting, took some guts to try and do it myself, but one thing was for sure - it didn't look good when it was done and when I sanded it off and reshot with the paint from Napa, it went a lot easier getting it to look right. Not sure what brand the napa paint was, but for the black/clear/reducer/etc. was about $100. For the Duplicolor paint I spent $40 (20 black, 20 clear) ... the extra $60 was worth it.
Anyway here's my walkthrough starting with turning my garage into a spray room all the way through to the end:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1991892
Now granted I'm pretty much an amateur when it comes to painting, took some guts to try and do it myself, but one thing was for sure - it didn't look good when it was done and when I sanded it off and reshot with the paint from Napa, it went a lot easier getting it to look right. Not sure what brand the napa paint was, but for the black/clear/reducer/etc. was about $100. For the Duplicolor paint I spent $40 (20 black, 20 clear) ... the extra $60 was worth it.
Anyway here's my walkthrough starting with turning my garage into a spray room all the way through to the end:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1991892
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Le Mans Master
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You may have stumbled on to one of the problems I thought of when I read about this paint. When I shot my Dupont paint I thinned it with Dupont lacquer thinner designed for the temperature I was shooting at. I used a very high temp thinner (slow evaporation) and the end result was a finish that required only 1000 grit to smooth out and buff. There are many different "temperature" thinners and picking one for a temperature lower than what you shoot at will cause dry spray or paint that has a lot of texture and orange peel to it. Since the Duplicolor paint is premixed you end up shooting what you have. Also, lacquer isn't like enamel. You have to shoot a lot of it because it goes on so thin. I shot 5 pretty heavy coats of clear over my black and I consider that a minimum for lacquer clear if you are going to color sand and buff afterwards.
Drifting
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This is limited in colors but I have used them and was very satisfied with the results. I shot my 77 with this paint the complements were overwelming.
http://www.paintforcars.com/acrylic_lacquer_paint.html
http://www.paintforcars.com/acrylic_lacquer_paint.html
