Hi, Don!
I used a PPG acrylic lacquer basecoat/clear coat on my Midget. You do
not have to buff the basecoat, since the shine and depth comes from the
clearcoat anyway. After polishing the clearcoat, the paint job looks like
glass, and after almost 3 years I haven't had any problems with it. Even
here in the wilds of North Carolina, lacquer is becoming scarce because of
environmental concerns. Did you have trouble finding it?
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: don browne <browne@ici.net>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Need Painting advice
> Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 12:11 PM
>
> Just finished up a 2 day marathon of priming the 59 bugeye. Hope to
start
> painting next weekend, and need some advice...
> I'm using acrylic laquer, should I attempt basecoat/clearcoat (I think
> so...) and if I do, before I apply the clear , do I need to buff the
> basecoat (I know I should sand with 1000, but if I buff is it going to be
> too smooth for the clearcoat to bond...)
> Thanks for the help, all of my books are failing me on this one.
>
> Don Browne & Karin Sanborn
> http://browne.pair.com, browne@ici.net
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