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lostinbaja
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Joined: December 19, 2004
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Location: Frankfort, Illinois
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My 33 Ford is fiberglass and it is painted with "Pitch Black" PPG base/clear. It's been painted for 15 years and the paint looks as good today as it did when it was freshly painted.
The car does get unbelievably hot inside and on a hot sunny day there isn't an instant detailer out there that doesn't evaporate as soon as you spray it on even though it says it works in direct sunlight.
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streetbuggy8804
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Location: Placentia,ca
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Lost,
That paint is amazing. That is obviously a base coat clear coat and not a single stage right? If so do you know how many coats of clear were applied? I would love for my Buggy's body to turn out that brilliant. |
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lostinbaja
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Location: Frankfort, Illinois
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Six coats of clear and probably sanded off 2 coats.
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Glamis Addict
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Joined: March 21, 2010
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Location: Riverside,Ca.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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My 33 Ford is fiberglass and it is painted with "Pitch Black" PPG base/clear. It's been painted for 15 years and the paint looks as good today as it did when it was freshly painted.
The car does get unbelievably hot inside and on a hot sunny day there isn't an instant detailer out there that doesn't evaporate as soon as you spray it on even though it says it works in direct sunlight.
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Personal taste I know,but there is no better color than black on a rod like that.!
Hard to tell from my little phone screen but is there a hint of black pearl on it?
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nederbug
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Location: HOLLAND
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Here is mine, Base/clear coat (ceramic clear), I got some problems in the sun with the repaired spots, not with the paint itself.
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CoryN
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Location: DFW
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Here is mine, I've got a few flaws that are starting to peek through, its seen 3-4 years of use since it was painted.
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porkey
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Location: eastern Ontario
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| Like the clean bumperless front end look CoryN. |
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