I am thinking of using the new Dupli-color Paint Shop Finish System ffound at advanced auto and other retailers here is a link to the Dupli color web site. http://duplicolor.anthonythomas.com/index.html I painted my mav last year with enamal and this looks like laquer. Has anyone heard good or bad things about this paint?
I saw it on Speedchannel as well. It looked like a really nice system and it seemed to spray nicely! Of course they make it all look so easy on there.
I have learned that you can't paint laquer over enamel the laquer will lift. I talked to the only local guy (the owner of the local Napa) that I have been able to get any advise on painting and he said that the laquer would not last but only a few years. Also it would not have the deep shine that the other paints have.
I think that Dupli-Color is the only one's selling Laquer. Dave at Napa made the point if I only wanted an old car to look good to sell or something than Laquer would be the way to go. But if you put the time and money into replacing quarters and cutting out rust than laquer would not be the way to go.
I did use the primer on my neiphews car since that is what he bought. It worked realy nice. Went on easy and was completly dry in 5 minutes. I have not used any paint though. My neiphews car is still very rusty on the bottom side and is realy too far gone to put any more time or money into so laquer paint will last probably as long as the car will 3 or 4 years.
Not any more. I was loving the no mixing and the fast dry time but I found that it realy isn't much cheaper than urethane enamel since no matter what you will need to primer under the laquer to insure that the paint will stick. Since if a car was repainted in its past it is realy hard to know what kind of paint was used.
Lacquer has gone by the wayside because of environmental regualtions. I am surprised that they can even sell this, and all of a sudden everyone is asking about it cause it is supposedly cheap, available at one of the autoparts stores and it was on tv. Someone on another board had said it was something like 200, that means only two quarts of paint and the rest thinner. That is pretty expensive for an unactivated paint. I've only sprayed one car in lacquer back in school just to get exposure to it. Enamels were still in use quite a bit, and base/clear urethane systems were still fairly new, but really taking over. Lacquer was already on its way out in the early 90's and I was told to dump all the lacquer tints on the mixing machine at my first bodyshop job down the waste barrel. Ask any old time painters what they think of lacquer compared to the urethanes of today. The lacquer has far more drawbacks then pluses. Many coats applied are required of the lacquer, so urethane will go farther. Lacquer must be buffed to get its gloss. It is suppose to be fairly easy to spray without having the best place to do it and can look really nice buffed out, and easy to spot repair, but would need to be cared for very well and probably kept garaged. Doesn't have the chemical resistance and durability the activated paints of today have. Laquer primers also shrink a lot and provide little protection. Only thing I miss about them is being able to keep in the gun overnight. Look at any old GM cars who used lacquer well into the 80's, Many of these old lacquer jobs are all dull and cracking. A good line of urethane base clear system with little maitenance, it should easily last 15 years or more. Look at the price of the lacquer, the fact half is solvent and more coats will be required you see it is not a bargain. You would be better off going with a lower line of single stage urethane, and might just come out cheaper, and it will be a much more durable system. It is really important to protect your eyes skin and where a respirator, exspecially spraying activated paints and primers. Heck I still got a gallon of lacquer from the days I dumped it at the dealership. Maybe I should sell it for $100, it would be twice as much paint. Don't look like I am ever going to use it.
