Lacquer paint source?

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I am starting a Joust restoration and I understand that the original
cabinets were sprayed with Lacquer paint.. thats how they got
such a nice smooth semi gloss finish stenciling them.

I'd love to spray it with my hvlp. HD, Lowes, and the guy at
sherwin williams looked very confused when I asked about it.

I'm guessing I need to talk to someone who does automotive paint?
Only a couple autobody paint supply places in NJ it seems.. all of
them a decent hike from me.

Does anyone have a source for lacquer paint? Mail order ideally.

Thanks,
Mike
 
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So have you used these before to spray wood? Any tips or things I
should watch out for? Especially using stencils? I assume I need to use the
autoprimer thats part of their system?

Does the stencil need to be removed right away like with Enamel spray paint?


right at your local oreileys or advance auto...
youll need to mixup your own custom colors though... and its not cheap.
The nice thing is its "premixed" so its ready to spray out of the can. THe
downside is your actually buying thinned out paint and getting less for your
money

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/psFinishSystem/

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...art-Duplicolor_7141541-P_N3276_T|GRP2050_____
 
Anyone have matching automotive paint codes for a joust cabinet?

I've heard many of the colors used on arcades games are standard
stock colors automtives used back then.

If I can figure out the matching paint codes. I might just buy
everything premixed.
 
I got my lacquer from a pitsburg paint store. He used his color match system. It's not automotive type, but oil bassed semi gloss, thined enough for my hvlp and best of all $25 a gallon. It sprays great. That's all i'm using from now on. Keep asking around the paint stores until you find someone that knows.
 
So have you used these before to spray wood? Any tips or things I
should watch out for? Especially using stencils? I assume I need to use the
autoprimer thats part of their system?

Does the stencil need to be removed right away like with Enamel spray paint?

lacqquer dries quick, i dont see a need to remove the stencil immeadiately. Lacqquer is super thin, as long as whatever your painting is primed and sanded properly it shouldnt matter what you are painting.

You can use regular spraypaint primer if you want, shouldnt matter, whatever you use to be safe give it a full day to dry and let the solvents fully evaporate before you lay down the paint.
 
lacqquer dries quick, i dont see a need to remove the stencil immeadiately. Lacqquer is super thin, as long as whatever your painting is primed and sanded properly it shouldnt matter what you are painting.

You can use regular spraypaint primer if you want, shouldnt matter, whatever you use to be safe give it a full day to dry and let the solvents fully evaporate before you lay down the paint.
All great advice.

Seems to come in spray cans. Did one 16 oz can do both sides of the cabinet? Did you use it as the base coat?
Actually what I got is a regular gallon can. I used a compatable primer. I had my gallon broke into quarts of different colors. I would think 2 quarts of top would cover both sides pretty easily.
 
I just used rustoleum 2x in spray cans since you don't want heavy coats for the stencils.
I would use the rustoleum automotive spray primer,it's lacquer based,if you use rattle can primer.
I had a bad reaction when I sprayed lacquer over regular primer in the rattle cans. Just be real careful and go slow while pulling stencils off.
Also be sure not to pull up on the stencils but rather parallel to the cab to prevent pulling up the fresh paint.
 
I just used rustoleum 2x in spray cans since you don't want heavy coats for the stencils.
I would use the rustoleum automotive spray primer,it's lacquer based,if you use rattle can primer.
I had a bad reaction when I sprayed lacquer over regular primer in the rattle cans. Just be real careful and go slow while pulling stencils off.
Also be sure not to pull up on the stencils but rather parallel to the cab to prevent pulling up the fresh paint.

how long did you let the primer dry before you painted??? how heavy was your first topcoat?
 
im in the process of painting a wooden vewlix clone made out of MDF, im using an auto paint/primer, this is the cheaper PPG called OMNI line, its a basecoat/clearcoat system, as far as pulling tape and stencils, read your paint product sheet it will give dry time, tack time, tape time, etc
 

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NJ must have insane EPA laws because not a single dealer of
gemini paints here.. Plenty in PA and NY

There is a place on a way to work that might sell auto paints..
I'll stop by there and I'll keep an eye out for the PPG omni stuff in the AM.
 
Well, I called around to auto paint suppliers today.. Holy crap. To get 4 colors
matched in a Urathane enamel (4 qts) they want $500+. They tell me that
Lacquers cant be sold in NJ due to their high VOC content.

I'll spend good money on restoration but $500 is a bit much on just paint.

I called up a local Sherwin Williams and they sell and can color match oil
paint.. So I am going to go that route. Looks like I'll be hauling the cabinet
into the store before sanding it down.

Thanks for the advice everyone.
Mike
 
Head for the border!

Yea I should:) I've been going back and forth via Email with Brian over at
gamestencils.com on this topic.. I think I am going to try mixing
up my own colors using the duplicolor paint autozone sells.

I know I am waffling.

Still wont be cheap at $30+ a quart but oil paint
from sherwin williams wouldnt be much cheaper anyway.

Looks like I will need to buy White, Yellow, Red, Midnight blue,
and Orange to make up all the colors for Joust. I'll pick up black
and the primer at the same time.

He said he has done it before and gotten fantastic results.
 
are you going to spray or brush that oil base? and honestly acrylic enamel with clear coats make for a very nice finish, and some collision style paints don't even require a clear coat. on the base of my cab, I used like 2 coats of white and 3 coats fo clear with a blue candy tint, and didnt use a quart between the two.
 
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