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[Pauly]

My dad just told me that he used to use synthetic paint when he used to repair minis, he said that you can get a really good finish. Could anyone tell me if you can still get it?? ( has it been banned??) and can you get a good finish with it?? because Ive never heard of synthetic until now.

Paul.

[panelbeaterpeter]

I don't know very much at all about synthetic, but I think it was only really used on commercials, and the overspray tends to stick to everything!

[sway]

Used to be known as "knacker Laquer!" Gives a shiney finish, a bit like 2K, but how it comes out of the gun is how it stays as you can't work with it afterwards. IE it can't be cut or polished.

Don't know if you can still get it, but I suspect it has/will soon go the same way as all the other "traditional" paints.

[Pauly]

Ahh right, thanks guys.

[panelbeaterpeter]

Used to be known as "knacker Laquer!" Gives a shiney finish, a bit like 2K, but how it comes out of the gun is how it stays as you can't work with it afterwards. IE it can't be cut or polished.

Don't know if you can still get it, but I suspect it has/will soon go the same way as all the other "traditional" paints.

Any idea why it can't be cut and polished?

[Shifty]

AHH knakka Lakka, that brings back memories!!

It used to be a choice of that or celly!!

If you weren't sure what was underneath the paint knakka lakka was the choice, didn't react with anything!!

[sway]

Any idea why it can't be cut and polished?

To be honest I don't. I just remember buying some to blow in some wheelarch repairs on a friends Astra once, then a painter friend told me that you had to do entire panels as it couldn't be worked with once it was on. Didn't think to ask why at the time.

[bananaman]

I had an 850 mini painted in this stuff, and it's as hard as nails. It had been sprayed over the original paint by a guy who used to restore Massey Ferguson Tractors and was a brilliant job, even though it was done 10 years before I got the car.

The only thing was it used to chip and flake it you tried rubbing it down, but it looked great. So good that one day my mate slammed the passenger door and the bottom of the door fell off!!! the paint was all that had been holding it on for quite a while judging by the look of it, and there was no visible bubbling.

Do they even still sell it?

[panelbeaterpeter]

Just remembered, I have used it, I sprayed a John Deere tractor in it. So you could still get it 2 years ago, if thats a help at all.

[jack_marshall]

Yup we can still get it from our supplier.

Think its limited in what colour though.

Strange stuff, if you sand it, it just goes mushy and clogs the paper up.

[midridge2]

do a search on synthetic as a did a bit about it a few weeks ago.
you can still get synthetic it about £17 per litre and 1 litre is more than enough to do a mini, you dont even need a mask but wear a dust mask as it gets up your nose and you blow colour of the paint snot for days, lol.
i might be using some later in the year as i will be repainting one of my minis with it.
its fantastic stuff, cheap, prep does not have to be good as it goes on thick, no cutting, no polishing. no reactions.

[Pauly]

Just popped down to jawels paint today, and they said that they will be selling solvent based paint for the forseable future, they are still supplying celly etc.

Paul.

[stickycreambun]

so you can or cant get it? is it just sprayed on same as normal? but then you cant touch it afterwards? sounds interesting.

ps. Pete I never knew you did a tractor thats cool! any pics?

[Pauly]

They are selling celly and 2k as normal, no difference.

Paul.

[jack_marshall]

Alot of places are carrying on as before, ignoring alot of the new laws.

Theres alot of gets out like signing disclaimers saying 'they are only selling it for industrial use only'.

They wont catch up with it for a long time because theres alot of people still illegally producing it.

And theres still alot coming in from abroad.

Cant complain though really!