The Cal-look Lounge

In Florida we can still get lacquer paint. Any reason, other than environmental, not to use this to paint my '67. I have heard there are issues with longevity? Any thoughts? If not I will go with the PPG base/clear coat.

--louis

can you get R/M brand lacquer brand material and can you also get original single stage deltron by ppg? let me know, I would like to get some.

Louis the Body Better Be Straight If you are going Black Lacquer, Lacquer lays Down Real Flat without any Orange Peel Lacquer dose not Last as Long as The Newer Paints on the Market today I use Glasurit Two Stage on My Cars it is a Quality Paint And Rubs out like Glass  just my 2 cents

Laquer is beautiful and idiot proof to spray, but after a handful of years it shrinks and checks ( cracks).

That is what I was looking for. My other concern is if I need to do touch ups later will I still be able to get paint.

Thanks,

--louis

I don't know Danny, I will have to check with my paint guy.

--louis

                                               Getting paint would be my biggest concern. In California there seems to be a continual change of formulations. Back around 2000 - 2001, I had a contract with the Natural History Museum of Cairo to paint about 150 lifesize animals and dinosaurs. They were sculpted at a shop in San Bernadino where I also did the painting, all in automotive paints. They did them in batches for me and spanned a time frame of about 18 months. During the process there  were EPA reformulations. For an artist ,this is a real nightmare because everything i did required me to intermix everything which I now could not do, because all the mixing ratios were now different. I would have to buy a new "system" with all the colors I need to do all the mixing. One reformulation happened right in the middle of a life size T Rex.  I had to remix all my colors in a new system midstream. So,I would never count on getting the same paint when I need it, not even if it were the next day.

Nothing shines like a acrylic lacquer job! If ya do use the lacquer, keep it out of the sun as much as possible

I think I have decided to go base coat/clear coat. Looking at this line:

http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/homepage.htm

Looks to be some nice paint.

--louis

I did the 67 in Black laquer in 98.  It spends most of its time indoors and it is already in "patina mode"  It needs a respray, but that aint going to happen.

Us a good urethane product.

I agree on the urethane! Good expansion and contraction characteristics.