Enamel Paint

[imported_capspackle]

Hey Guy.. gonna be detailing my first car tomorrow which has enamel (non clear coat) paint.. Can anyone offer any reccomendations, advice, DO's, DON'Ts or anything else?





I greatly appreciate it.

 

[JasonC8301]

Be prepared to see a lot of paint fly. Your pads will load up with color/dead paint, switch them out often. Switch out towels often too.



I tried some S100 on non clear coats and didn't like it, streaked for me. I stick with Klasse or Zaino for non-cleared cars (Z5.) YMMV



Here is a red celica I did with no clear, results are easier to get from a non cleared car than one with it.



http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26282



Good luck!

 

[imported_capspackle]

Thanks a lot Jason.. VERY nice work on that Celica..

You answered a lot of my questions... mainly whether or not a PC can be used on the paint.



You always come through for me:xyxthumbs



Thanks..

 

[everner]

P.G., Like J said, the paint will load up things as it comes off. I've been messing with my "utility car-Caprice" It has a 2 year old single stage metalic enamel job on it. Dawn, clay(water only), wet wash with a MF,DACP,dawn,damn,DACP,dawn,OK,#20,24hrs,#20,AHHH. I used 2 bath towels, cut up to apply everything(by hand), and kept using a clean area of the towel so I would by compounding the paint with product instead of dead paint. Machines are faster, no doubt, but ,tooooo much dead paint, too few pads... Try the pad, and see if it don't load up in a nano-second...I think it comes out "clearer" if product(not dead paint) is worked in. Just my opinion, after doing it, YRMV...

 

[chris0626]

You don't mention what year the paint is from, or what model car. But ... for the past 3 weeks I've been working on a '70 VW Karmann Ghia with the world's most oxidized red paint. I'm going at it with a cutting pad and 3M RCHC. Others are right: the pad gets loaded up with dead paint in a hurry. But ... "slow and steady wins the race." I've gone over it 2-3 times, and the glow is slowly returning. I'm now in love with single-stage paint, because I don't have to worry about "killing the clear."



Good luck to you!

 

[jerry@robs]

Enamel? Aren't most paint (70's up) made of acrylic?



Anyway... It's the same as clearcoated paint, the only difference is that with clearcoat, you don't see the pigments caking up on your pad...

 

[imported_capspackle]

Well how can i tell whether it's enamel or acrylic?



Can i use the same procedure for enamel as for acrylic?