Be careful when buying matched touch-up paint for your car. In the olden days, when I would sculpt a ducted hood scoop, I would paint it with Dupli Color lacquer, which fortunately matched my Mica Ruby 92 sedan perfectly. I would lay on multiple coats, sanding between each and when I got a coat with adequate depth and no dog hair, I would finish it with lacquer clear coat. This all worked perfectly except for the fact that a big functional hood scoop is right in harm's way for high speed bugs, rocks etc. The lacquer was just too soft and chipped too easily.
After my custom scoop was trashed in a car break-in, I was modifying a 97 Ipreza Outback Sport scoop to fit my car and I decided to become more sanitary and less "Road Warrior" in my customizing attempts. I went to a car paint store and paid $60 for four hand-made aerosol cans of acrylic enamel to match my car. The first coat went down acceptably, but was not good enough to be a final finish. When I put on the second coat two days later, it curdled. I fought this off and on for about a month with no success. I later found out that modern acrylic car paint is designed to only allow a second coat while the first coat is still wet. Furthermore, as there is no way to put hardener in aerosol cans, the paint is no better than the touch-up lacquer. I had to give up and take my scoop to a body shop.
Bill Robinson
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Rear Spoiler Paint Nightmare
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Josh Colombo
Rear Spoiler Paint Nightmare
Thanks Bill,
I will most likely just do that....take it to the body shop.
Josh
-----Original Message-----
From: William D. Robinson [mailto:vultureboy@mindspring.com]
Sent: Sun 3/31/2002 12:37 PM
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Cc:
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] RE: Rear Spoiler Paint Nightmare
Be careful when buying matched touch-up paint for your car. In the olden days, when I would sculpt a ducted hood scoop, I would paint it with Dupli Color lacquer, which fortunately matched my Mica Ruby 92 sedan perfectly. I would lay on multiple coats, sanding between each and when I got a coat with adequate depth and no dog hair, I would finish it with lacquer clear coat. This all worked perfectly except for the fact that a big functional hood scoop is right in harm's way for high speed bugs, rocks etc. The lacquer was just too soft and chipped too easily.
After my custom scoop was trashed in a car break-in, I was modifying a 97 Ipreza Outback Sport scoop to fit my car and I decided to become more sanitary and less "Road Warrior" in my customizing attempts. I went to a car paint store and paid $60 for four hand-made aerosol cans of acrylic enamel to match my car. The first coat went down acceptably, but was not good enough to be a final finish. When I put on the second coat two days later, it curdled. I fought this off and on for about a month with no success. I later found out that modern acrylic car paint is designed to only allow a second coat while the first coat is still wet. Furthermore, as there is no way to put hardener in aerosol cans, the paint is no better than the touch-up lacquer. I had to give up and take my scoop to a body shop.
Bill Robinson
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I will most likely just do that....take it to the body shop.
Josh
-----Original Message-----
From: William D. Robinson [mailto:vultureboy@mindspring.com]
Sent: Sun 3/31/2002 12:37 PM
To: BC-BFLegacyWorks@yahoogroups.com
Cc:
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] RE: Rear Spoiler Paint Nightmare
Be careful when buying matched touch-up paint for your car. In the olden days, when I would sculpt a ducted hood scoop, I would paint it with Dupli Color lacquer, which fortunately matched my Mica Ruby 92 sedan perfectly. I would lay on multiple coats, sanding between each and when I got a coat with adequate depth and no dog hair, I would finish it with lacquer clear coat. This all worked perfectly except for the fact that a big functional hood scoop is right in harm's way for high speed bugs, rocks etc. The lacquer was just too soft and chipped too easily.
After my custom scoop was trashed in a car break-in, I was modifying a 97 Ipreza Outback Sport scoop to fit my car and I decided to become more sanitary and less "Road Warrior" in my customizing attempts. I went to a car paint store and paid $60 for four hand-made aerosol cans of acrylic enamel to match my car. The first coat went down acceptably, but was not good enough to be a final finish. When I put on the second coat two days later, it curdled. I fought this off and on for about a month with no success. I later found out that modern acrylic car paint is designed to only allow a second coat while the first coat is still wet. Furthermore, as there is no way to put hardener in aerosol cans, the paint is no better than the touch-up lacquer. I had to give up and take my scoop to a body shop.
Bill Robinson
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