Clear Coats?

[CruiseGTi-R]

Paint dudes,

Does the OE paint have a clear coat, I’m thinking not?

So do you lacquer parts you spray (like bumpers / side skirts)?

If you re-spray actual parts of the car panels to match OE, do you just use the gloss of the paint system / wet sand and buffing or is their a clear coat of some sort?

Got some bits to paint, not sure what finish I need to get.

Cheers, toby

 

[Mr GTiR]

So do you lacquer parts you spray (like bumpers / side skirts)?

that's how my front bumper has been finished (i'm on my 2nd front bumper :lol: )

 

[CruiseGTi-R]

Out of interest is the original paint (on the panels) just a normal gloss 2-pac or whatever it is to get the shinyness?

 

[stevepudney]

Out of interest is the original paint (on the panels) just a normal gloss 2-pac or whatever it is to get the shinyness?

The way to tell is to use some T-Cut on the paint work, if it pulls off some colour then it just paint, if T-Cut stays clear then it's base coat and prolly a 2 pack acrilic clearcoat.

I think the cars were originally just celulose though (no clearcoat)

 

[Fast Guy]

I'm pretty sure at least the winter green has a clear coat as I saw the bonnet on one peeling badly.

 

[oldaneal]

would have thought so on the grey as well the one i saw looked like metailic paint

 

[stevepudney]

Yup, metalic finishes have a clearcoat

 

[Rich@Redline]

Mine in white definitely doesnt have a lacquer

 

[geoff pine]

my own is black and is lacquered as the front wing is peeling.

 

[stevepudney]

my own is black and is lacquered as the front wing is peeling.

Must have had a respray at some stag then as the non metalic colours were definately originally not laquered.

 

[geoff pine]

would tend to agree with you steve as theres no rust anyware on the paint work . though it could be the nippon version of superguard had that on a few cars and thats like a clear laquer.