Hey folks... been a while... been VERY busy... but just tried something and had to pass it along (but maybe its already a know thing).
I had to paint a Harley fender, and went down to the autoparts and got some Duplicolor red metallic, some primer (grey) and some clear coat.
Brothers and sisters - this stuff is acrylic lacquer. A true lacquer, it remelts into itself... but... the Duplicolor stuff is amazingly easy to work with. The color builds deep in richness and coverage, but has a thin finish. The clear coat however, is a thick build and self leveling product that shines like nobody's business.
Dries fast like nitro lacquer, but give superior performance in toughness. It is a lacquer, so can reflow into itself for repairs. It buffs out totally easy. You actually level the clear with 1500 (yes 1500) grit, and then recoat one last coat. Recommended three coats of color, and four wet of clear, then wet sand with soapy water and 1500 grit very lightly to remove orange peel. Finally recoat wet with clear and rub if needed. They say let two days before sanding - not a bad wait actually. I dont know how clear will do over stains and dyes. Yer on yer own there. Solid colors... primer goes on easy, sands 1500 too. You can damn near mirror finish the primer and it fils really well.
From what I can see... its a nice set of products to work with, and I still have a body here to finish... so I'm thinking of doing it up in
Duplicolor, just to see how things do.
I had to paint a Harley fender, and went down to the autoparts and got some Duplicolor red metallic, some primer (grey) and some clear coat.
Brothers and sisters - this stuff is acrylic lacquer. A true lacquer, it remelts into itself... but... the Duplicolor stuff is amazingly easy to work with. The color builds deep in richness and coverage, but has a thin finish. The clear coat however, is a thick build and self leveling product that shines like nobody's business.
Dries fast like nitro lacquer, but give superior performance in toughness. It is a lacquer, so can reflow into itself for repairs. It buffs out totally easy. You actually level the clear with 1500 (yes 1500) grit, and then recoat one last coat. Recommended three coats of color, and four wet of clear, then wet sand with soapy water and 1500 grit very lightly to remove orange peel. Finally recoat wet with clear and rub if needed. They say let two days before sanding - not a bad wait actually. I dont know how clear will do over stains and dyes. Yer on yer own there. Solid colors... primer goes on easy, sands 1500 too. You can damn near mirror finish the primer and it fils really well.
From what I can see... its a nice set of products to work with, and I still have a body here to finish... so I'm thinking of doing it up in
Duplicolor, just to see how things do.