New Lacquer Paint + NuFinish

**metroplex** · 06-27-2002, 01:12 PM

I used some Ford touchup paint on my car to fix some nasty scratches - it was Lacquer Touch Up paint, Deep Wedgewood Blue ClearCoat

I was told that these touchup paints do NOT have a clearcoat finish -you have to apply it yourself.

So off to my "propeller" test

I let the paint dry out on my car and proceeded to wax it using NuFinish - a really harsh and abrasive cleaner.

I did not see any paint residue on the rags. This was fresh lacquer paint!

**bjwebster** · 06-27-2002, 01:30 PM

:nixweiss :nixweiss

Whats The Point?

**getfit74** · 06-27-2002, 02:56 PM

That propeller test was using rustoleum spray paint, it has no relation to automotive or touch up paint. All it showed was a products ability to pickup cheap granular rough primer like spray paint. I sure appreciate the time he took in testing and posting, but IMO it`s really is not relavent to detailing automobile finishes. Others may see it differently and I respect that. This is just my two cents.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 06-27-2002, 03:38 PM

I agree with Avalanche on this one....... maybe a better test would be to use an old hood from a car, or something similar..... and repaint it yourself using the spray-can type touch up paint (like dlw used on that prelude of his/his son`s)..... do clearcoat, let it settle for 30 days. Then commence testing, see which products take longest to compromise the clearcoat and begin removing the lacquer basecoat.

That is JMHO of a better, more accurate test of the abrasive qualities of each product when dealing with an automotive finish.

**metroplex** · 06-30-2002, 12:45 AM

Well I just NuFinish`d my E-150..

I took a few minutes to try an experiment on the rear cargo doors before I NuFInish`d it.

I used 3M IHG and Gold Class on one door, and NuFinish on the other.

I got equal amounts of paint on the rag for both doors. This was an 89 E-150 that did not have a clear coat finish and the rear doors were in EXCELLENT condition. They looked brand new w/o waxing.

**kreativ** · 06-30-2002, 03:22 AM

Darn, this is the 2nd time I`ve heard that NuFinish isn`t all that abrasive. I was hoping to use it on a beater car to clean the paint and put on a layer of polymer protectant in one pass.

**shaf** · 06-30-2002, 04:32 AM

I know it didn`t part the waters for my parent`s minivan. The hood was fairly dull and faded, and a month back I tried straight NuFinish hoping it was as strong as some say it was. I saw negligible if any improvement.

Now much later I worked the heck out of it with SMR and paint cleaner and it`s now noticably better. Still far from good as new, but much better. I then pretty much used NuFinish as a plain sealant over top to protect it.

I really didn`t expect it to be any more potent than the dozens (hundreds?) of one step cleaner waxes and sealants out there, and I was probably right.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 06-30-2002, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by kreativ

Darn, this is the 2nd time I`ve heard that NuFinish isn`t all that abrasive. I was hoping to use it on a beater car to clean the paint and put on a layer of polymer protectant in one pass.

try PMing Redcar GUY about it..... he has a pic of his beater cavalier with half of the hood nufinished....... really quite amazing the results he got. :up