Hello, I have an all original 67 Camaro. The car was repainted over the original paint with a Lacquer paint. This paint started to lift off and now the paint does not look that good. Underneath I imagine is the original 1967 paint sanded down and painted over, but I do not know.
My question is, is it necessary to completely strip the paint to the metal if the original 1967 paint is there`? Or can the car be sanded down to the original primer and painted over with today´s modern paints?
If some paints would work better than others with the original primer, which paints would those be?
Thanks and Regards,
Allen
You will want to check with your paint jobber for their particular paint preparation requirements for their products but generally speaking you will need to apply a sealer over the lacquer.
When doing a complete such as yours, I strip all that old lacquer off and start from bare metal. Unless you are building a beater/driver and do not care how long the job will last and have money to waste.
Allen,
I have used a pressure steam cleaner to remove a repaint from a car. The poor repaint was also flaking off, but the clearly poor prep allowed the water to lift the paint off.
It was free and took about an hour.
VT
Quote from: Sauron327 on May 02, 2017, 08:40:50 AM
When doing a complete such as yours, I strip all that old lacquer off and start from bare metal. Unless you are building a beater/driver and do not care how long the job will last and have money to waste.
X2! Believe 99 out of 100 good shops will tell you the same thing.
When dealing with paint that can cost well over $400/gallon (depending on color) and costly 2K primers you definitely don't want to reuse the old lacquer base.
Mike
Thanks for all the replies. The paint on my car is lifting, it is an acrylic and has no lead like the original paint. I am selling the car and want to tell the next owner that he will have to have the paint stripped basically to the metal and re-painted.
I wonder if anyone will even be interested in buying it! I live in Germany and was quoted 10,000 for a new paint job after stripping it down.
Post some pictures of it! (please)
I have a 5th gen contact over there, and he loves buying old cars, especially F bodies.
As for the paint, it all depends on what kind of paint job you want. Sky is the limit on what you can pay for a paint job, but if the car is to be a driver than you don't need the perfect sheen on the door openings and all the detail work of a show car finish.
I agree with the above comments though, you definitely want it prepped correctly, no matter what quality of paint you go back with.
My pics are too big in size, can I somehow email you the pictures?
Thanks!