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brandt Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2004 Posts: 364 Location: S. Utah
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:46 pm Post subject: Using NOS paint ? |
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Anyone have any advice or experience on using these old cans of paint? Never opened. it’s an acrylic enamel. Still liquid. What primer to use? What thinner and how much. I’d likely use the cheap HF gun.
This is our family project. Some folks told me I should crush it but it has no rust. I need to paint the gas tank area, engine bay, back and a drivers side rear quarter panel. I wish I could blast it. I’ve been wire wheeling and sanding. Still a ways to go. I’m thinking Ospho, primer, seam seal, sand, color. I’m going to live with the imperfections of the metal for now so this doesn’t have to be a perfect paint job.
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babysnakes Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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Wow! Looks like you caught a car-b-q just in time. Good luck. I have no advice though. |
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brandt Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2004 Posts: 364 Location: S. Utah
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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Thanks. The fire was October of 2011. With luck we'll have it running by the ten year anniversary |
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bomberbob Samba Member
Joined: May 17, 2015 Posts: 688 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:44 am Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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Are there any indications of a manufacture date or shelf life expiration? I would use it, but I would thoroughly shake/stir well to get the pigments off the bottom that have probably turned into concrete. Also do not forget to filter the paint. I would bet there are going to be chunks floating in it. I would not have scraped the car either. Its salvageable. _________________ 1968 Beetle (storage)
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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My advice is don’t use it. A gallon of Limco single stage is cheap. Don’t risk using it just because it’s NOS. I’d keep them with the bus as a display. _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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brandt Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2004 Posts: 364 Location: S. Utah
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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I have no idea how old it is or how it was stored. I have not decided to use it or not. I thought about trying it out on something else but I'm not sure how long I'd have to use the rest once the can is opened. And can't sort out what primer to use or what thinner. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17969 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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I would use it since you are doing spot repairs on original paint.
Repaint the whole exterior if you use new paint _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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Braukuche Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2004 Posts: 10997
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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Why not experiment with a few ounces? _________________ Go Reds! Smash state!
Retirement is here!
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brandt Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2004 Posts: 364 Location: S. Utah
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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Why not experiment |
I think that's what I'm going to do. Get all ready for primer and open a can and start the clock. But I can't seem to figure out what primer and thinner would be compatible. Maybe I'm over thinking it, I'm just trying to get all the steps/plan figured out in advance. |
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orwell84 Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 2536 Location: Plattsburgh, New York
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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I don’t get what is so special about NOS paint. Even if it was still pristine in the cam after all these years you are not doing an NOS paint job unless you duplicate the factory conditions. It’s just a bucket of old paint. An NOS factory type 4 would get me excited, but not paint. If you are going for a factory painted look, I’m sure it could be done with available modern paints. |
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Braukuche Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Using NOS paint ? |
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I never worry about brand of primer.
The direction list reducer, but no hardener, which you don’t technically need for AE paints, but I hope you have a super dust free environment to let it sit and harden in.
You could get a pint of cheap say OMNI AE hardener and do a test run to see if it works. Hardener will also help the AE last longer. _________________ Go Reds! Smash state!
Retirement is here!
1956 Ghia
1959 SO-23 Westfalia
1960 double cab
1960 Baja Bug
1963 stretched double cab
1962 Golde sunroof Ghia
1963 356 B coupe
1963 Notchback
1967 21 window less rusty now |
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