Re: [AMC-list] Goofed with the touch-up paint

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Base coat is flat.  It has no gloss.

Joe Fulton

--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Goofed with the touch-up paint
> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 1:52 PM
> A few weeks back I recommended
> Paintworld for touch-up paint. They
> were able to look up the paint codes for the Mystic Gold on
> my '65
> Rambler, and it looked pretty good. I spoke too soon,
> though. The
> spray paint is a base coat/clear coat paint and requires a
> clear coat.
> That's not going to work so well for a car that doesn't
> have a clear
> coat! I'm thinking it would look pretty odd.
> 
> So - if I just spray the base coast as a touch up, I'm
> guessing there
> will be problems, right? Would it lack UV protection and
> fade out
> quickly? Or let moisture through and rust quickly? What
> happens if you
> skip the clear coat?
> 
> Anyway, picking up a compressor, gun and good paint is
> getting a
> little higher on the list. I want to make the car look a
> little better
> when it warms up. (we've already discussed that anyway, I'm
> just
> letting folks know that my previous recommendation was
> probably a bad
> one)
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