[DeTomaso] Cracking

[Mikael]

Bill, so there's no softener in the paint on bumpers, they just flex back in shape without the paint cracking?

Mikael

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Fra: bill gaino [mailto:gaino at earthlink.net] 
Sendt: 26. juni 2012 14:25
Til: Mikael; detomaso at realbig.com
Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Cracking

I paint cars for a living. We used to have a product called "flex additive" It kept the paint soft and plyable. It would slightly change the appearence. Probably why Mikael's painter wanted to use it all over. Soft paint buffs easier. I don't know anybody hat still uses it. Modern  uerthanes are more flexible than the old laquer, and enamel jobs of days gone by. My car is painted with a quality single stage urethane and I have the usual cracks in the corners above the rear side glass, and they came back around the tail lamps too. My advise would be to reinforce these areas from inside. I have seen many articles on welding in gussests and plates. You got to stop the flexing. I have a flexible spot putty that I use on plastic motorcycles parts, but if you bend it back and forth enough, nothing will last.  Get the lead out and seam weld in reinforcements.  Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
>Sent: Jun 26, 2012 7:31 AM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Cracking
>
>
>
>Since a full paint job is in the future for me, and current paint job 
>has more cracks than Dolly Parton's face, this is topic of interest for me...
>
>My thoughts: Once got an 82 Camaro painted by a pro. It had soft 
>bumpers front and rear in body color. We discussed the details, and he 
>said he would pour in "softener" as he would normally do for the 
>bumpers, but he would use it for all the paint, paint it in one go. I 
>didn't like the sound of that, but he said he had done it often, never 
>had problems. So he painted the whole car with "softened" paint, and it 
>was perfect, never had any issues with that paint, it didn't go semi 
>gloss or something like that, or scratch easliy. Car was black, most difficult color.
>
>Could that be the solution, soft paint all over = no cracks? I know it 
>sounds too good to be true. Any pro painters out there that know?
>
>Mikael
>
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