1987 Buick Grand National - Intensive Paint Correction by AutoLavish

In regards to the device you guys use to measure the thickness of the paint, how do you know how much of the number is clearcoat, basecoat, primer, filler, etc?

And you guys do amazing work!
 
DRAG-ULA said:
In regards to the device you guys use to measure the thickness of the paint, how do you know how much of the number is clearcoat, basecoat, primer, filler, etc?
And you guys do amazing work!
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That's one problem of the coating thickness gauge: you don't know how much of the layer is E-coat/self etching primer, primer sealer, base coat, or clear coat. There's no way to know. The idea of using the device is the get a general feeling of the paint job. A perfect example is that the top of the vehicle was the original single stage black paint. Because of thickness readings, we knew it was dangerously thin and polished accordingly. Readings on the portions of the vehicle that had been repainted showed signed that there was some filler (bondo / primer surfacer) and a lot of inconstant layering / spraying. While it isn't a true necessity in polishing a vehicle, we feel any information we can gain on the paint we'll be working with can be used to our benefit.


Overboost said:
Damn Marc/Jacob...you guys always make my jaw drop with the work you guys do.
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Thanks a lot as always. We appreciate th kind words and I hope to see your beautiful Five-O at some events in the Spring when she's all cleaned up looking pretty :D
 
I kinda figured that's how it works. I need to wet sand and wheel my car again, (it shrunk up in some spots) but I'd like to know what I'm working with. I had to hang aftermarket 1/4's on the car, and do a lot of bodywork. So basically, I had to mud the car front to rear, and then primed a few times. Most of it wound up on the floor, but I know there's some spots with a fair amount of filler.
 
DRAG-ULA said:
I kinda figured that's how it works. I need to wet sand and wheel my car again, (it shrunk up in some spots) but I'd like to know what I'm working with. I had to hang aftermarket 1/4's on the car, and do a lot of bodywork. So basically, I had to mud the car front to rear, and then primed a few times. Most of it wound up on the floor, but I know there's some spots with a fair amount of filler.
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The good news is that you'll never spray as thin as a multi-million dollar robot like those used in big factories. After market jobs always have much thicker average coatings.
 
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