Gn's have laquer or base/clear paint??

[tracy]

Getting ready to Zaino the GN.

Does anyone know if the original paint was laquer or basecoat/clearcoat?? If factory used both is there a way to determine which I have?

Thanks

 

[boostingbuick]

the factory used a single stage paint. but i would use a base/clear coat. nwer paint has better sun protection and live longer to road grim. plus most newer cleaners are designed for base/clear.

 

[Drop Top]

The factory paint was most deffenatlly laquer. Thats why it checks or cracks so badly over time. If it was shot with just a plane single stage paint it would usually just dye out and no amout of compounding would help to bring out the shine. Laquers on the other hand buff back out really nice as long as its not checked. They just don't hold up for any lenght of time.
The best way to tell if a car has a base coat clear coat system or a single stage system is to buff a spot. If the pad gets color on it it is a single stage paint. If you get no color on your pad it is a base/clear coat system.

 

[REGALTURBO]

All GNs came through with lacquer paint jobs. But it was during that time in 87 when the transition was taking place from lacquer to urethane paints. During the years a common blending technique was to fade the base and clear the panel during repairs. Like `Drop top` says, a good indication to what you have is try a small spot on the car with compound. Black residue indicates single stage,commonly lacquer. No residue indicates clear coat. A good buffer/detailer can bring your paint job back to life regardless of what it is. And some wetsanding also helps. But if you want the best paint you can possibly have, stripe off all that lacquer and start fresh with a new paint job. JMO