More paint advice

[Carl R.]

more paint advice carl rose greatly appreciate all the advice on paint earlier purchased a pint of single stage laquer from a sherwin williams store here in austin yesterday my question is someone previously raised the question of ncrs acceptance of non laquer paints in the future if when laquers are no longer available to mix my sunfire yellow the store had to send to san antonio for the correct materials and recieved the last they had i am not planning to dissasemble my car at this point but would it be wise to purchase a gallon of the correct lacquer before it becomes unavailable pending a future restoration would this paint keep for years should i even be considering this thanks carl

[Joe L.]

Re: More paint advice

re more paint advice joe lucia i don't know for sure if lacquer paint will keep for years however several years ago i saw a ' which had been recently restored at the time it had been painted with nitrocellulose lacquer which was the original paint used on ' s and the forerunner of acrylic lacquer used on later models nitrocellulose lacquer went out of production years ago in order to use this paint the restorer found some original factory packaged paint of the correct color white of course and successfully used the paint on the car to produce a beautiful finish that paint was probably or more years old at the time anyway based upon that experience and the fact that acrylic lacquer is fast disappearing several years ago i purchased gallons a lifetime supply of riverside gold for my ' and stored it against future need from time to time i agitate the cans and of course i do not open the sealed containers will it last i guess i'll find that out when i need it until then it's my security blanket

[Gary Schisler]

Re: More paint advice

re more paint advice gary schisler my neighbor had year old lacquer that was usable when we repainted his two years ago it only took a bit of thinner to get it back to the original condition it was a black coupe and the finish is superb