According to the manual it's Glidden Salchi "of the acrylic thermoplastic type." Is that acrylic urethane? It's a 1978 308GTS.
Don't know, why you are asking. But no, it's no urethane paint. If you plan repainting your car, there are different options, but no way painting just over the TPA.. Best Regards Martin
The car needs spot repairs (hopefully.) I thought it would be a single stage automotive lacquer. Thermoplastic Acrylic is new to me. I'm not familiar with it and wondering where I would find a compatible paint.
There's no more TPA for painting cars. Some folks say, that it's mandatory to remove the old paint completely, if there's TPA. Today there is also the possibility of using some barrier fillers. But I have no clue, how this would work with spot repairs. Maybe you could ask a paint shop specialized in classic cars. TPA was also common on 50s or 60s US cars, probably even later, except Ford. Best Regards from Germany Martin
ive read that some places may still have the acrylic lacquers. The problem is even if you spot repair the new paint of any type will soften your original paint below and cause peeling, cracking, bridging , waviness etc. I did my gt4 in acrylic lacquer in 2001 and regret it. its had two repairs since and they are terrible now. Car is going for a full strip down and repaint in original color in January. Though some claim it can be done
Most likely single stage lacquer. I had an old corvette recently covered with new water based two stage. They epoxy primed between the laquer and new two stage and for the most part turned out very well. Not sure how spot/single panels might come out though (color hue variation)
Key words are FOR THE MOST PART> the thing is that when they first did the repairs it looked great. the problem is that no one knows how long it will take for the paint below to start moving. it usually wont show problems right away.
