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repufever


Revvin Up
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posted August 05, 2005 03:35 PM

Anyone have a silver repu

I was wondering if anyone has a picture of a silver repu?
I am planning on painting mine white but had thought a silver one would look good as well.

See charles and I had this thought after I give him a 79 SA I just got that is red for him to use as a daily.


Charles -- red repu / red 79 sa rx7 / blue 85 gslse
Me ---- silver repu / silver 79 sa rx7 / white 85 gslse

But I guess I could do

Me ---- white repu / silver 79 sa rx7 / white 85 gslse

Pics can be sent to rotoryfan@yahoo.com
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Yes, I have a rotary problem!

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klaus42


Rotorhead
Posts: 1877
posted August 06, 2005 02:33 PM

Silver *could* look quite nice...

...but, I have heard that silver has the greatest tendency of all colors to oxidize... perhaps making it that much more crucial it be the finest quality to begin with, then scrupulously maintained...

Nevermind the question of a clearcoat over it... and the REPU's traditionally coming with a single-stage paint job.

       
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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted August 06, 2005 02:47 PM

quote:
...but, I have heard that silver has the greatest tendency of all colors to oxidize... perhaps making it that much more crucial it be the finest quality to begin with, then scrupulously maintained...

Nevermind the question of a clearcoat over it... and the REPU's traditionally coming with a single-stage paint job.



I'm far from an expert on the subject but the cc is going to be the same whatever colour your choose, so its more a matter of choosing a good quality two-stage paint. I don't think oxidation is going to be an issue, or at least moreso than any other colour.

Unless you are contraining yourself to a faithful restoration I can't see any real reason to go with a single stage paintjob. I've sprayed parts now with both, and I found the two-stage actually more friendly and easy to get good results. An extra coat of clear can also really enhance the end result so long as you get your base coat on straight.

A single stage job just doesn't have much advantage in my limited experience, unless you're trying to stay faithful, in which case you really need to go back to using exactly whatever paint they used in the 70's. Probably enamel, but you'd have to research it. God help you if its lacquer. My friends father just redid a Corvette for someone and had to spray lacquer. Hadn't touched the stuff in 20-something years he said. Didn't seem like much fun.


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Orlando, Florida

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'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)

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klaus42


Rotorhead
Posts: 1877
posted August 06, 2005 02:59 PM

I'm pretty sure...

...the original single-stage consisted of an acrylic enamel, perhaps baked on?

Laquer has it's upside, too... apparently you can build up a really nice finish, many thin coats at a time, with wet finish sanding/cutting/buffing a part of the process... until you end up with an excellent result that has an appearance quite unlike the other finishes. Really nice, when done right...

Clearcoat can look nice... until the clear part gets screwed up.

But, I'm certainly no expert!

       
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