Paint Specification

PostPost by: terryp » Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:50 am

Hello
Last time I posted on here was regarding the referendum, well I hope you have all taken back control and have your pet unicorn in the garden.

Anyway a car question for 1965 vintage fibreglass.......

I have been told that I need to use Polyester spray filler, then Epoxy Primer (Max Meyer 1-841-8700). The problem is the top coat.
I intend to get the car sprayed in Metalic Jaguar Opalesent silver blue but which specification of paint/laquer will be best to work with the primer?

Thanks

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PostPost by: alan.barker » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:06 am

Hi Terry,
Well done opening the subject because i will be looking at getting my TVR 3000M painted soon.

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PostPost by: Mazzini » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:21 am

Nice to see you back! Hope all is well. Lovely Ginetta by the way.
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PostPost by: terryp » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:50 am

Mazzini wrote:Nice to see you back! Hope all is well. Lovely Ginetta by the way.

Thanks Rob, its be incredibly hard work!
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PostPost by: terryp » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:51 am

alan.barker wrote:Hi Terry,
Well done opening the subject because i will be looking at getting my TVR 3000M painted soon.

Alan


Hopefully someone will have the answer. Good luck with the application!
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PostPost by: alan.barker » Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:56 am

Terry are you getting your car painted in France.
By the way i have French Nationality :wink: :wink:
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PostPost by: terryp » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:11 am

alan.barker wrote:Terry are you getting your car painted in France.
By the way i have French Nationality :wink: :wink:
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Yes hopefully , the local paint sprayer who does boats!
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PostPost by: alan.barker » Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:40 am

There are boatyards near us in Morbihan and a friend i think used one for his TVR Grantura
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PostPost by: KevJ+2 » Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:50 am

Terry, what happened about the Glacier Blue? Was it too hard to find, or is the Jaguar colour more posh than Ford? :lol:

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PostPost by: terryp » Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:53 am

Kev
I found out that the Jaguar blue (very similar to your blue) was an original Ginetta colour :-)

Have you bought another car yet?

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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:19 pm

Grizzly (aka Chris Lee) on here is a body shop man maybe a PM?

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PostPost by: KevJ+2 » Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:35 pm

terryp wrote:Kev
I found out that the Jaguar blue (very similar to your blue) was an original Ginetta colour :-)

Have you bought another car yet?

Terry


I would Terry, but I think I'll put the money towards my villa in Southern Spain 8)
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PostPost by: 10kph » Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:02 pm

Hello Terry,
last year I painted two fibreglass cars and used Epoxy primer to the fibreglass first. nothing can come up or down through this coating so will prevent moisture passing from the laminate. If painted later the same day or next day at air temperature then no sanding is required and it will take a few coats of 2k primer. 2k primer is very easy to sand with modern dry abrasive pads and will level up really good . Any type of topcoat will take to this finish Ie cellulose, basecoat laquer or 2k single colour.
If you use polyester primer then be careful to measure the ingredients accurately because i stripped a car which had polyester primer painted at least 10 years ago and once the top paint layer had been removed I could smell the sweet smelling ester resin which had not fully reacted. I could possibly blame this ester evaporation to cause bubbles in the topcoat !!
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PostPost by: terryp » Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:20 am

Thanks Tony, so providing the paint sprayer uses epoxy primer , he can use anything on top. Its France so it could be anything!
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PostPost by: alan.barker » Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:45 am

Sorry but,
in France the Garages have to use water based paint and can not use anything else by Law.
Unless it is a Classic Car in which there is a derogation to use the same as original.
That is according to the FFVE.
My 1973 +2S130 Carnival Red which i a drove to your place for the Elan +2 assembly was water based paint.
Many of the others said the paint was very good :wink:
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