I'm about to spray paint my Jaguar. Total beginner. Advice required please.?
Original is base coat/clear coat system. I want to use cellulose based paint. Can you buy Nitro Cellulose base coat clear coat that is made to suit paint codes on eg. 1991 cars? If so, where to buy? Can I expect to have a similar finish with celly as with the original paint which I expect is a 2-pack urethane? Is there a close constraint on time between colour coat and clear coat with nitro-cellulose paints and do I have the chance to correct errors between colour and clear? Would you advise going for straight single coat system instead?
Colour is Westmister Blue (paint code JFG). Obviously I have little idea what I am about - amazingly little useful printed matter for beginners working with cellulose nowadays!!
Many thanks.
Answers:
I HATE clear coat! I'd go single stage: It lasts longer and you can polish it when it gets dull. It may not match the rest of the paint that well, but that will be the case anyway: To make a perfect match you have to blend the adjoining panels.
Hope you're good with a spray gun! If not, I'd practice a bit on something else: a flat vertical piece of metal is tha hardest.
If you can get a shine on that, you can spray!
That's another advantage to not using clear: if you don't like the shine you can wet sand and buff single stage.
my advise to use is. try and spay it in hot condisions. This way you will get a nice gloss finish. Good luck. Hope it turns out ok. and wait for it to dry. then spay a few coats of lacquer of it. again in hot condisions.
The best and cheapest way to spray paint your jag would be to use Rustoleum. About 89 cans should do the trick. Be careful of the fumes, though. On second thought, do it in your garage with the door closed.
If your cars metallic your better using base and clear. Granted cellulose is easier to use and can be buffed to a reasonable shine. But the overall appearance ( depth of gloss) and shine wont match that of a clear coat finish as your car. I would apply light even coats or colour every 10 to 15 minutes until desired colour and appearance is achieved. if you wish to clear coat it and are using base-coat (don't key or wet flat metallic between coats or this will completely alter the appearance of the metallic. the beauty of base is clear will adhere to it with out sanding) , leave 20 Min's before applying first coat of clear.
Apply 3 even coats of clear coat leaving 15 to 20 Min's between each coat. I would use the 15 min rule with whatever paint you choose to use. I believe cellulose is being phased out due to high VOC content. You may be limited by choice of material type?. good luck.
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