school me on laquer finishes....

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Envious Eric

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working on an 85 or so Mercedes with a lacquer finish...bright blue



I thought they were like a single stage, paint on the pad? this one is not, and its cleaning up rather nicely.



There are a bunch of patches that will not budge though, making the hood look semi-decent compared to the rest of the car. I am shooting for 98% with this one as its worth a couple bucks with low mileage, original paint, etc. The only other detailer to hit the car was the dealership...yep you guessed it, holograms all over!



So what is it with lacquer finishes....so far pfw SIP 1300 works like a charm, followed by pc orange pad SIP, then green pad FPII PC
 
Back in the day, the big thing amongst paint shops were to pile on the clear on the lacquer. The paint came out of the gun almost dry and always required attention to get any type of gloss. Lacquer was not as durable as enamels of today. Lacquer often would check after a period of time. I still see the occasional lacquer paint job - primarily on garage queens, show cars. Lacquer can produce an awesome gloss if properly laid down and cared for.



Andy
 
This reminds me of the incredible job bufferbarry just did on an older Benz!



I had a few Benzes of that era and have worked on others.



MB switched to b/c paint in the mid-80's, metallic colors were done this way first and then solid ones were phased in a while later. Nobody's quite sure when they were *all* b/c.



These first b/c MB paints used a lacquer-based clear that was thin and fragile compared to today's clear. It was not especially *soft*, however.



bufferbarry's recent work shows that they don't *always* need to be handled as gently as I treated mine. I was utterly :scared: about what he was doing but he send me in-progress pics showing that he wasn't really destroying the paint after all. He found that high speeds worked best for the aggressive rotary work.
 
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