Glen Braxton
Member
Hello.
I've just painted the car on Thursday, and now I feel sick.
Here's the story: Decided I was painting it with Lacquer, as original. Did all the body prep, and primed and sanded it with a lacquer primer. So far so good. Visited the local paint shop, and ordered up a gallon of PPG Duracryl Lacquer.
I inquired about a sealer coat, and the clerk agreed and reccomended PPG Omni MP213 GP Sealer. So Thursday we spray the sealer, wait a half hour, then spray a few coats of the lacquer. Saturday morning I'm out checking it over, and see a little nub that I catch with a thumb nail, and take a big gouge out of the paint. I then test a section of paint in an out of the way area, and I can sink a finger nail in easily. Big problem I think, as lacquer should be hard. I test some more areas, and it is soft. I test an area on an inner panel where I didn't spray sealer, and it is hard as expected.
This afternoon I visited the paint shop to talk with the clerk. I described the problem, and he asked about the sealer. I said it was the MP213 GP he reccomended. He said he wouldn't use that one for lacquer. I said it was the one he reccomended. He said I needed to let every thing cure for a week. Anyway, get home, and search the PPG site, and see that the MP213 GP is an Enamel Sealer, which I think is a no-no under lacquer.
So the big question: Am I screwed, six weeks of work shot, or will this stuff eventually cure?
I've just painted the car on Thursday, and now I feel sick.
Here's the story: Decided I was painting it with Lacquer, as original. Did all the body prep, and primed and sanded it with a lacquer primer. So far so good. Visited the local paint shop, and ordered up a gallon of PPG Duracryl Lacquer.
I inquired about a sealer coat, and the clerk agreed and reccomended PPG Omni MP213 GP Sealer. So Thursday we spray the sealer, wait a half hour, then spray a few coats of the lacquer. Saturday morning I'm out checking it over, and see a little nub that I catch with a thumb nail, and take a big gouge out of the paint. I then test a section of paint in an out of the way area, and I can sink a finger nail in easily. Big problem I think, as lacquer should be hard. I test some more areas, and it is soft. I test an area on an inner panel where I didn't spray sealer, and it is hard as expected.
This afternoon I visited the paint shop to talk with the clerk. I described the problem, and he asked about the sealer. I said it was the MP213 GP he reccomended. He said he wouldn't use that one for lacquer. I said it was the one he reccomended. He said I needed to let every thing cure for a week. Anyway, get home, and search the PPG site, and see that the MP213 GP is an Enamel Sealer, which I think is a no-no under lacquer.
So the big question: Am I screwed, six weeks of work shot, or will this stuff eventually cure?
ad I think the paint shop should at least give you more paint to repaint you car with. It would be hard to get anything else out of them for causeing you to have to redo your work.
