New Lacquer Paint + NuFinish

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metroplex

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I used some Ford touchup paint on my car to fix some nasty scratches - it was Lacquer Touch Up paint, Deep Wedgewood Blue ClearCoat



I was told that these touchup paints do NOT have a clearcoat finish -you have to apply it yourself.



So off to my "propeller" test



I let the paint dry out on my car and proceeded to wax it using NuFinish - a really harsh and abrasive cleaner.



I did not see any paint residue on the rags. This was fresh lacquer paint!
 
That propeller test was using rustoleum spray paint, it has no relation to automotive or touch up paint. All it showed was a products ability to pickup cheap granular rough primer like spray paint. I sure appreciate the time he took in testing and posting, but IMO it's really is not relavent to detailing automobile finishes. Others may see it differently and I respect that. This is just my two cents.
 
I agree with Avalanche on this one....... maybe a better test would be to use an old hood from a car, or something similar..... and repaint it yourself using the spray-can type touch up paint (like dlw used on that prelude of his/his son's)..... do clearcoat, let it settle for 30 days. Then commence testing, see which products take longest to compromise the clearcoat and begin removing the lacquer basecoat.



That is JMHO of a better, more accurate test of the abrasive qualities of each product when dealing with an automotive finish.
 
Well I just NuFinish'd my E-150..



I took a few minutes to try an experiment on the rear cargo doors before I NuFInish'd it.



I used 3M IHG and Gold Class on one door, and NuFinish on the other.



I got equal amounts of paint on the rag for both doors. This was an 89 E-150 that did not have a clear coat finish and the rear doors were in EXCELLENT condition. They looked brand new w/o waxing.
 
Darn, this is the 2nd time I've heard that NuFinish isn't all that abrasive. I was hoping to use it on a beater car to clean the paint and put on a layer of polymer protectant in one pass.
 
I know it didn't part the waters for my parent's minivan. The hood was fairly dull and faded, and a month back I tried straight NuFinish hoping it was as strong as some say it was. I saw negligible if any improvement.



Now much later I worked the heck out of it with SMR and paint cleaner and it's now noticably better. Still far from good as new, but much better. I then pretty much used NuFinish as a plain sealant over top to protect it.



I really didn't expect it to be any more potent than the dozens (hundreds?) of one step cleaner waxes and sealants out there, and I was probably right.
 
kreativ said:
Darn, this is the 2nd time I've heard that NuFinish isn't all that abrasive. I was hoping to use it on a beater car to clean the paint and put on a layer of polymer protectant in one pass.
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try PMing Redcar GUY about it..... he has a pic of his beater cavalier with half of the hood nufinished....... really quite amazing the results he got. :up
 
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