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Lacquer Paint
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I also can remember when 600 wet paper was the finest I could find now 2500 3000 wet is common. So even the polishing is completely different from the old Lacquer days before you could go 400 than 600 polish and it looked great now I spend forever polishing I think the materials are a real asset on one hand with the science and tech but on the other hand our cars were not in mind when they develop new products but just my opinion. |
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I don't know the answer to your question, but can give you a couple of ideas that MAY help. First off, the common type of plasticizer used in "old-school' lacquers were phthalate compounds and as such are volatile (they will evaporate). I would imagine keeping the car out of the hot sun and using some kind of sealer or wax would slow the process. ( I know there are some on this forum who are not fond of using wax on cars.)
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However, defense and space require discipline, higher education and uncool scientists in general so they must be gotten rid of. JK. |
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Original Paint
Very Cool they are only original once VERY VERY COOL
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All depends...
on the "judge" involved. Our Gardner exhaust scored less than a Midas one and our "correctly" finished undercarriage scored less than an admittedly "spray-bombed" one. Also got a lower score for correct Coker tires than the other car got for off-the -rack RWL radials. In defense...the other Judge DID have Hide-Aways! That was my last dealings with "judged" GTOAA meets. Been "popular vote" ever since. Why bother? Just sayin'...no guarantees just because you did it right. I know of a GTOAA judge that does '69 Judges and has the exhaust tips on HIS car upside-down.
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No, these 2 cars would not be judged in the same category. An original unrestored car would be in the survivor class and the other in the restored class.
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Your right. You can also put a complete new repo interior in the car and it will be scored higher than a nice original interior.
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Thanks guys, thats interesting and really good to know.
Wakepowell, "No, these 2 cars would not be judged in the same category. An original unrestored car would be in the survivor class and the other in the restored class." That makes sense to me. What I should have said was- will an AUTHENTICALY restored car score less than a "perfectly" restored car- and I think the answer will be yes? |
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I am pleased to here that your lacquer paint is holding up well for you. I hope you never have to repaint (it can get quite expensive as I'm sure you are aware). But there is no denying the chemistry involved, the fact that lower molecular weight polymers (think lacquer) will suffer from film degradation sooner than higher molecular weight polymers (think cross-linked polyurethane). Add in the fact that commonly used U.V. light stabilizers weren't even invented in the sixties, and the phenomenon I mentioned earlier(plasticizer migration), and there is no disputing that todays automotive finishes (even collision refinish products, which may be completely different chemistry from what the OEM'S use) are far superior to lacquer. FAR superior.
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I have an original paint '65 - and it's pretty disgusting. Very heavily cracked on the horizontal surfaces. Hair in the paint. Areas with streaks that look like they were sprayed over solvent or something. It's probably the worst paint job to come out of the Pontiac assembly facility. I don't think anyone will be replicating this piece of artwork any time soon... K
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