Customs fixing a chip in Lacquer Paint

So, I was out in the garage today and I put a pretty decent sized chip in my paint. I was not being as careful as I should, dropped a wrench on a fender, wish I had taken the time to grab the fender cover, oh well.

The paint is black lacquer that was sprayed in the early 70's, any idea where I can get a small amount of black lacquer? Or is there anything that is still available that I can put on top of lacquer? Its about the size of a quarter that I need to fix. Thanks for any advice

 

i noticed yesterday that my local napa sells qt cans of lacquer. duplicolor.

 

I hope its that easy, I thought it was not sold anymore.

 

I used to fill the chip with paint, let dry and add more till it was over full. block sand with 600 first and finer 1500-2000. then polish. Did this on a black Jag and you couldn't hardly tell.

 

Most of the chain auto supplies have Duplicolor lacquer!
KK

 

Battle scars man, battle scars !!! Do what tedley said.

 

That is good news on both parts, I should be able to find paint, and that seems pretty easy to do. I was ready to break out the air brush.

 

I'd maybe prefer to airbrush on a small spot like that.

In the "olden" days, there was laquer thinner... read the fine print on the Duplicolor "laquer thinner" can. In my state of CT, it says "100 acetone".

PPG sells the old part number for laquer thinner, but the ingredients are not the same as on an OLD can I saved with the same exact part number.

Also, they used a product called "color blender" to help melt the new paint into the old. They sprayed that over the area first, then sprayed the paint in a smaller area, and put a little blender in the paint.

acetone dries wicked fast. So try the airbrush to build up the missing chipped spot, but it may really cause overspray build up. Try an old fender/etc first, just to see how much overspray piles up

 

The little touch up tubes of paint sold at auto parts stores are, I believe, lacquer.

Ray

 

Nice Chev. ^^^^^^

 

I noticed our local part store that sells ppg paint still carries quart cans of black laquer.

 

I believe touch up paint from the dealer is lacquer also. I saw some at Lowe's in a spray can and yes ...good ole duplicolor.

 

Well I went to my local parts store that sells PPG, they had black lacquer on the shelf. It wasn't cheap, but now I have a quart. I think I will try the brush trick first.

 

the last time i bought a qt of ppg it was over a $100. ouch

 

Never tried this but Maybe it works ?

http://www.autogeek.net/langka-paint-chip-repair-kit.html

 

You can still buy acrylic lacquer in pints and quarts and gallons.

The regs differ from state to state, but you can still buy it in most states in the US or you can buy it on line if it is not legal in your state.

Your ship is a little large, a trick I learned from a show car guy is that small chips and scratches can be repaired with a crayon the same color as the car. just for future reference.