At some time in the past my classic has been resprayed and finished with a 
clear lacquer coat. I have no experience working with this. There are 
numerous small scratches, mostly only through the lacquer, but a few have 
marked the paint. Can I spray paint on top of the lacquer, or is it likely 
to peel. I am looking at lots of small scratches, so may have to do two 
complete half- wing panels.
Pete C

Peter Chadbund wrote:

> At some time in the past my classic has been resprayed and finished with a 
> clear lacquer coat. I have no experience working with this. There are 
> numerous small scratches, mostly only through the lacquer, but a few have 
> marked the paint. Can I spray paint on top of the lacquer, or is it likely 
> to peel. I am looking at lots of small scratches, so may have to do two 
> complete half- wing panels.
> Pete C 
> 
> 

I would be rubbing down the clear coating with 1200 wet and dry, (with 
some detergent in the water) see if you have removed the scratches - 
then buff the car or put another coat of clear over what you have rubbed 
back, then buff it.

This might be of interest to you.

restoring car paintwork
hope it helps

Aaron

http://www.classiccarhub.co.uk

"Peter Chadbund"  wrote in message news:L8OdnTgDdIcMZ_HVRVnyjgA@posted.plusnet...
> At some time in the past my classic has been resprayed and finished with a 
> clear lacquer coat. I have no experience working with this. There are 
> numerous small scratches, mostly only through the lacquer, but a few have 
> marked the paint. Can I spray paint on top of the lacquer, or is it likely 
> to peel. I am looking at lots of small scratches, so may have to do two 
> complete half- wing panels.
> Pete C 
> 
>

www.classiccarhub.co.uk wrote:
> This might be of interest to you.
> 
> restoring car paintwork 
> <http://www.classiccarhub.co.uk/articles/restoring-old-faded-oxidised-scratched-tired-looking-automotive-car-paintwork.html>
> hope it helps
> 
> Aaron
>

By the time you cut back the oxidation you have a very big chance of 
rubbing through the paint into the base coat.

The clear coat may not be compatible with the original paint and you 
will have differing expansion and contraction another cause of cracking 
and peeling.

Seems good in theory but otherwise!

To address the scratching problem the use of Autoglym products maybe the 
answer. Renovator and hard polish etc see their site.

r

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> "Peter Chadbund" <peter@wizardclassics.co.uk 
> <mailto:peter@wizardclassics.co.uk>> wrote in message 
> news:L8OdnTgDdIcMZ_HVRVnyjgA@posted.plusnet...
>  > At some time in the past my classic has been resprayed and finished 
> with a
>  > clear lacquer coat. I have no experience working with this. There are
>  > numerous small scratches, mostly only through the lacquer, but a few 
> have
>  > marked the paint. Can I spray paint on top of the lacquer, or is it 
> likely
>  > to peel. I am looking at lots of small scratches, so may have to do two
>  > complete half- wing panels.
>  > Pete C
>  >
>  >