Re: [AMC-list] Question on touch-up paint

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,
 
Here's my $0.02.   Go to an auto body jobber/paint store and pose your questions about touching up original paint on a Rambler whiich was painted originally with acrylic enamel.   Ask what products to use if you have rusty areas (which is essentially bare metal which has oxidized) and areas where the original paint is thin or scratched down to primer.  Explain that you want the easiest product to use and you would like to know if they can blend to your color code.  Take the color code info with you because they might not have the books but might be able to look up the formula by paint code.   I'm guessing that they will recommend acrylic urethane or acrylic enamel which is pretty easy to apply and will dry to a dust free status in about 20 minutes especially if you add a hardener.   I have very recently done esentially what you are are doing with a 65 Rambler using Dupont Centauri (acrylic urethane) with a hardener.  I don't think you can
 get lacquer in many states any more, certainly not California, but you can buy it from out of state vendors.  
 
Joe Fulton  

--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AMC-list] Question on touch-up paint
To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 12:32 PM


I've been reading a couple books and decided I want to try and do a
better job touching up the scratches on my Rambler. I've decided to
ditch the aerosol paint cans with Mystic Gold Poly (requiring a clear
coat), and try to find some decent looking paint and rent (or buy) a
small sprayer just for touch up work. Well, I won't ditch the spray
cans - they did fine for the rear wheels, so I'll use it on the front
wheels as well. It just doesn't blend at all where I used it on the
body.

With that in mind - if I want to do a single-stage paint, what type of
paint am I looking for? What types do not require clear coats? And
further - what is the dead-easiest to spray for someone with no skills
at all? Do I go for a Poly? Or a lacquer? Or what is available out
there? Is this stuff available at local custom paint shops so I could
get it color-matched, or do I have to go online to look for Mystic
Gold Poly? Do you have to use hardeners and all that stuff (all what
stuff? beats me!), or can you just get paint, pour it in a gun and
spray it? Do I have to do science projects mixing stuff together?

Do I have to use rust converter on small rust spots, or do you only
use that if you can't get down to bare metal? Do I have to use an
etching primer, or a high build primer, or a ? Say, for bare metal -
use etching primer. For scratches that are not down to bare metal -
high build primer?

If you were spritzing small scratches in an overwise decent 45 year
old paint job, how would you do it? I want to preserve as much as I
can of the original paint.
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