I have been planning to paint my 1960 with lacquer to make it as close to the original correct appearance as possible. It is primed, but I am still doing sanding of the primer. In the meantime, I have sprayed a lot of the small pieces with lacquer, such as the kick panels, instrument cluster housing, and even the underside of the deck lid to see how it would look. Well, it looks way shinier than I thought it would given the discussion on dull lacquer in door jambs, trunk, etc. that I have heard for a long time. After seeing the shine I am getting, I am concerned that some judge will ding me points because of the shine, which defeats the purpose of using lacquer. If I have to use a flattening agent on lacquer, what's the point of using lacquer at all? I have three gallons each of Roman Red and Ermine White and I would hate all that to go to waste! Are buffed panels so much shinier than non-buffed that, by comparison, the non-buffed looks dull, or what?? Thanks, Bob Baird 39424.
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Re: How "dull" is non-buffed lacquer?
On a solid color like red or white just leave the jambs unbuffed . You should not see your reflection in the jambs. After the outside is buffed you should be able to see your reflection and read the name on your shirt through the orange peel on the upper pnls, and a slight reflection on the lower pnls....Bill -
Re: How "dull" is non-buffed lacquer?
Bob, i am no painter, but I do have small insight into what your solutions may be. I just had my '56 painted with lacquer and by a guy that has been painting them for 35 years. The key is how "wet" you spray the item. If you load lots of paint onto your instrument cluster housing you could virtually get a gloss finish without buffing. I have done this with a '58 Charcoal in a spray bomb and got a very nice gloss outcome. The trunk area should be "misted" as opposed to laying down lots of paint at close angles. My guy had about a 100% reduction and therefore laid down seven coats of very light lacquer on the body. I saw it yesterday and WOW does it buff out nice. The body panels have an increadibly deep gloss with the right amount of orange peel, but the jambs and gutters are without gloss. Air preassure, distance and amount of paint seems to make the difference.
BTW- we opted not to wet sand after paint because it would take all of the orange peel out. After buffing it is as close to original as we are going to get. Very satisfied.
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