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From: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Laquer vs. Enamel
Message-ID: <2840@watvlsi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 12:07:52 EST
Article-I.D.: watvlsi.2840
Posted: Fri Dec 20 12:07:52 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Dec-85 01:27:39 EST
References: <1287@ihuxi.UUCP> <105200001@haddock.UUCP>
Reply-To: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
Organization: VLSI Group, U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <105200001@haddock.UUCP> marc@haddock.UUCP writes:
>Remember that it is strongly recommended that unless you are going to strip
>all of the paint off the car that you paint over the top of it with whatever
>is already there (ie. enamel on enamel, laquor on laquor).

You can paint enamel over laquer without any problems, unfortunately
the thinners in laquer will cause enamel to lift; hence you cannot paint
over enamel with laquer unless you use a sealant (check with your auto-paint
shop).  Acrylic Enamel is a really nice paint which doesn't need to be
colour sanded or polished.  It is also a lot tougher than Laquer.

>I recommend that the car be striped and built back up with laquor, if you
>feel that it is really worth doing a good job.

I think stripping and repainting is only justified when:

	a) The paint already on the car is of extremely low quality
	   (cracked, peeling)

	b) You want to make a show-car.

	c) You are doing a ground-up total restoration

Most people who strip a car's paint end up wishing they hadn't.
Quite often there is good bodywork underneath the paint; the stripping
action destroys it.

	Kevin Szabo'
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Kevin Szabo' watmath!watvlsi!ksbszabo (U of W VLSI Group, Waterloo, Ont, Canada)