There is probably more to hardness and chip resistance that just the
type of paint. When Healey's were factory painted I would presume the
paint was applied over primed metal with very little, if any, bondo
or whatever product they used to smooth over minor dings. Most likely lead.
The restorers that I am familiar with want to coat the metal with a
polyester product similar to bondo. I think that material is very
soft. So the material under the paint can affect overall hardness of
the finish.
John
At 10:20 AM 1/28/2013 -0500, warthodson@aol.com wrote:
>Not much about hardness/chip resistance. Recently, I saw a frame being painted
>black with Dupont Imron which I read is a polyester enamel, what ever that is.
>It looked beautiful. I was told it was chosen because it is very hard/chip
>resistant. Comments?
>Thanks,
>Gary
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