Thread: Acrylic laquer paint compatability

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Whats the dos and dont with this stuff,Basically what not to shoot it over.....
I have found my new friend Acrylic laquer paint ,even smells good Seems to be really easy to work with and sand like butter.
Best part is no 3 weeks of dry time
Just from playin with this stuff ,it seems like you can shoot the whole panel and then just spray right in the middle of the panel and sand /blend it right back in ,then buff....?

well acryic laquer paint when fully drys it cracks you can not shoot over any spray bomb primer less it is laquer primer . i shot alot of this stuff back in the early 80s and late 70s it will not have any hold up to the wether less you top coat with urethane clear

Hows the urethane clear to work with? Can you sand and buff easy?

I used lacquer for about 35 years, but finally abandoned it. If this tells you anything, I gave away $1000-$2000 worth.

There are a couple things it does better than urethane, but I was finding that the drawbacks were compounding every year, and I am a determined person who resisted giving it up for years and years.

If every paint and body shop in the US has switched away from it as their primary paint system, you have to realize that there have to be some damn good reasons.

After 40 years of painting, here's my advise:

Start learning how to paint with urethane, and stick with it. It is the preferred paint system today, is far far better than lacquer, and until a good waterbase system becomes viable, nothing is going to replace urethane.

As far as waiting so long, you can do almost anything to it after an overnight dry, and if you use a catalyzed topcoat clear, you should never have to wait more than two days to sand and buff the finish.

Think I'd pass on the acrylic lacquer and go with urethene. Looks better and lasts a lot longer!!! I was really glad when they came out with urethene so I could get away from lacquer and enamel....

And If you do decide to go the Lacquer w/ Urethane top coat clear , you have basically a NON- repairable paint job !
I hated the old time painters that did this back in the day , sucked royally when a job done this way came to me wrecked . lacquer does not go over anything very nicely but lacquer .
I did many a beautiful jobs with Acrylic Enamel with the compatible clear over the top of it . And had a repairable job if it came back to me or someone else .
Plus I never liked the way metallic's looked in Lacquer myself , had no life or pizzaz IMO .

Lacquer is 30 years behind the times , no longevity , no life , may be easy to work if done right but base clear isnt not that difficult , the base sprays almost like lacquer , the clear is the Shine and protection .

Plus it ( BC/CC ) doesnt take 45-55 PSI at the gun to atomize it with the new HVLP guns . Which means more goes on the car instead of the air .

Just my 2 cents worth , I took to the new BC/CC like a duck to water as thats how I was repairing cars before Base clear showed up
I loved PPG's DAU Acrylic Urethanes , which has been discontinued due to EPA .
Started shooting DBU since it came out in like 1987-88 and have never looked back , Now I use PPG's DBC line of Base .