• Hi Guest!
    You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

Paint quality

Share this page

TR674

TR674

Jedi Warrior
Offline
Hello folks.
I have a 2 pack paint on my TR6 that is about 10 years old now. It was a cheap quality paint and is now very dull, almost matt on some panels. I know you get what you pay for, but why would a paint dull so much? I now have to regularly polish it to get some form of shine to it. I had to cut back the bonnet a few times as the paint developed a 'fury' feeling and no amount of polishing would get a shine. Just curious.
I plan to re-spray it again in the next year or so anyway with a good quality acrylic and clear topcoat.
Regards
Craig
 
sounds almost like enamel, except for the no shine for the effort!
I've used the cyanide based paints on my beach buggy, top finish but shows all the imperfections, and glows years after, not sure about my lungs tho!
My saab had the top clear coat, not keen on that avenue tho
 
TR674 said:
.... I know you get what you pay for, but why would a paint dull so much? ...
Click to expand...
Oz is a very sunny place.

Does it spend most of its life outside? Chances are it’s just UV damage from constant exposure. Ten years outside is a pretty long time, even for good quality paint.


PC.
 
Z
why are you not keen on the clear top coat? And what is the advantage of cyanide based paints???
Regards
Craig
 
Isocyanates are key chemical components of polyurethanes. Most current automotive coatings are polyurethane based.

The industry has developed modern polyurethane coatings to a very high level of performance compared to earlier technologies.


PC.
 
Back
Top