Hi Ron,
Vance gave you spot on advice. My store sells automotive paints of all types
including urethane enamels and base coat / clear coat. If you were to paint
the car yourself at home I'd opt for the urethane but if your painter is a
full fledged body shop go for the base / clear -especially with the red. A
lot of new reds are actually three step.
I painted my car at home and must say it came out pretty darn nice but the
fumes really got to me. Enough so that my wife wanted to take me to the
emergency room. I learned a valuable lesson about respirators with old
filters and ventilation!
However you decide I'm sure you will be pleased. Everybody loves a shiny red
TR6!
Rick
my painting story: http://topshamautoparts.com/tr6/paint.htm
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:48:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: ronald weber <rmweber_99@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Single Component Paint vs Clear Coat & Base
>
> Well, I've just finished a 7 hour marathon session stripping undercoat in
> preparation for my TR6 trip to the body shop on Friday. During
> this process,
> I had a lot of time to think about everything that I still need to do. One
> item that I had rattling around is whether or not to paint a single
> component paint or go with a basecoat and clear topcoat. Since it is now
> 12:45 AM here in PA and I'm in no condition to decide, I thought
> I'd pose a
> question to the group. Are there any pros or cons for going
> either way? I'd
> appreciate hearing which direction others took on the paint type.
>
> Once again, I greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide!
>
> Cheers,
> Ron Weber
> '71 TR6 (soon to be signal red)
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