Re: [BaadAssGremlins] My Single Stage Acrylic Enamel Paint Restoration Project

[Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm I think we sell Dupont Centari where I work. My
co workers don't like mixing it though. I work at
CarQuest. So I can get a ton of parts for my car at
employee pricing

--- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The original paint on my orange Hornet is in really
> good shape and
> polished out like new. I have used acrylic enamel
> since the early 70's.
> My preference was Dupont Centari but not being able
> to get it I now use
> Sherman Williams acrylic enamel. My quarter window
> frames need to be
> painted and the Sherman Williams paint matched out
> of the can almost
> perfect. Unfortunately I have a few issues from past
> people buffing the
> car and rubbing the paint through in a few places
> like the hood and the
> drivers door has been dented and creased too.
> Luckily I have a spare
> undamaged door and hood  the same orange as the car
> I plan to polish and
> install. I have 2 NOS front fenders to paint and
> install. The factory
> pin stripe has been polished off in quite a few
> spots so I will
> re-stripe that too. The 77 AMX flairs will be
> striped and primed with
> SEM plastic bumper primer. I will paint them with
> the Sherman Williams
> orange adding Morton's Impact 200 flexible additive
> to it. I used this
> product on the flairs I painted in 1979 on my yellow
> car and they have
> not cracked or pealed after all these years. Even
> though I am not a
> restorer I will keep as much of the original paint
> as possible since it
> is in such nice shape. Everything will match almost
> perfect but it will
> not be a dream car garage paint job. But everything
> including the price
> of the new fenders, the AMX flairs, rear window
> louver and all the paint
> work should only cost me 1,000$ installed. Oh the
> initial professional
> polishing out of the car cost me 220$. So with other
> odds and ends I
> have my affordable version of the dream car garages
> paint job for1,800$
> that also includes the price of the new hood and
> undamaged door. It
> won't be a perfect car but it will be one of the
> nicest 85%  original
> Hornets survivors you will ever see. :-) 
> "Doc"
> 
> 


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