New guy from Vancouver, BC

[back-to-zcars]

Welcome, and nice car. We Canucks should try and have a get together to show off our rides, O ya 5000 plus kms coast to coast, that bites.

Dave

[Mike B]

Hey Chris,

Welcome to the club. Your car looks familiar. Were you at the DNBC show at Waterfront Park in Sept? I think you were parked right behind me. I was driving a red/white 1972. Here is a picture.

-Mike

[joker72z]

Hi Mike. Yes, that was me. It was a good show and it was good to meet you and appreciate the beautiful Z you have. I'm hoping that by next years show, the car is in new paint with new rims/tires and all cleaned up under the hood.

Cheers

Chris

[EScanlon]

Unless your paint has flaws that cannot be repaired except by a re-spray, you might check into having the current paint polished.

Especially if you have a good coat of clear on it.

2¢

E

[joker72z]

Actually, the paint is 20 year old enamel that is not really that thick. It also has a lot of orange peel so I figured I would get it sanded down, smoothed out in the spots it's needed and re-shoot it with base/clear. I also want the jambs done as well as under the hood and hatch.

Good suggestion though..I appreciate the feedback

[EScanlon]

So you're basically looking at a new paint job. This may be more expense than you're budgeting for at this time. If the paint is an absolute ~must-do~ then press on, but if it's just a "could be better" item, then save up your pennies before you jump into it.

With 20 year old enamel, more than likely Acrylic Enamel, you're looking at treating it as an incompatible base to the newer paints out there, or at least taking precautions to ensure that it does not react with subsequent coats.

Not saying that it is impossible to re-shoot over the top of it, especially since you're in Canada and the Republik of California hasn't yet affected your paint choices (and I may be completely mistaken here), just that Acrylic, versus Alkyd, versus some of the newer Isocyanates and you have a touchy situation especially if you're going to Black.

Check with the paint shop you plan to use, they may recommend you sand down to metal, or just a d/a sand, or a wet-sand ....just as an initial surface prep before they shoot a Sealer, or Sealer Primer and go on to paint Base and then Clear. Proper surface prep is critical with the new Base/Clear paints and is even more critical in Black.

FWIW

E

[joker72z]

Thanks for the tutorial...Since I am not familiar with paint, I will do my homeowrk and ask the questions before I start. If necessary, I will postpone the paint until I am ready to strip it completely and start from scratch. It's not like it doesn't look good now, I just want it to look better.