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Restoration / Re: black on tailpan on ss cars
« on: December 24, 2009, 02:27:27 PM »This is what I have been trying to explain to others. Perhaps they have never picked up a gun nor understand the principles of lacquer or the appearance it has when shot. People think full gloss and immediately compare it to buffed lacquer or urethane, both of which scream glossiness. But unbuffed lacquer has a semi-gloss appearance. And in time with maintenance may get a tad shinier. I've buffed satin paint to a gloss before and it takes more than a little elbow grease with wax to achieve it. We shot a fender with lacquer on a black 69 last month. The entire car was shot with lacquer years ago and until that fender was buffed the difference was night and day. I'm not an origionality expert and can't say if all tails were painted identically. This information is offered for the purposes of paint and it's characteristics and the variations therein.
Thankyou...That description fits with what I am seeing on the green survivor I posted pics of. You can see that it is not blocked smooth, but it is glossy.
The experts are on that other site. I'm still learning. LOL.
I'll throw my hat into the ring. Originally, many thought these panels were satin black. Research has indicated that they had more gloss, but not like a slick painted, wet sanded and buffed out black. More like an egg shell black which is really black lacquer w/o buffing and wet sanding. That's how my new Chevelle was and other survivor Camaros that I've inspected over the years.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Ho, Ho Ho!
Jerry