FlameRedCorsa
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Registered: 20th Jun 02
Location: Leicester Drives: Astra GSi Turbo
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I've painted my new drivers side mirror in flame red and I can't remember if you use lacquer with flame red, any help would be helpful, thanx
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leafgreencorsa
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Registered: 5th Aug 02
Location: Somerset/Wilts Border
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Don't normally need to put a clear coat over solid (non-metallic) finishes like Flame Red. The exception is solid black as the black pigments give a slightly softer finish more prone to scratching. There's nothing to stop you applying a clear coat though if you want to.
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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No Flame red isn't lacquered from the Factory, but i've got a customer on here who's getting me to colour code his car (Broster) and his Sri spoiler, and colour coded mirrors were lacquered from the factory, but the car isn't. VERY STRANGE
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neiliosxi
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Registered: 17th Dec 02
Location: Teesside (NE)Drives: Megane R26
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this has really confused me, i thought all cars needed lacquering 
Will it scratch easier?
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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No, solid colours aren't lacquered (apart from black) When you scratch a non-lacquered colour you are scratching the base coat (in my case Red). But on a metallic colour because it has 2 layers of clear lacquer you usually only scratch the clear coat and it can be polished out easier.
A disadvantage of lacquered colours is that when it gets old and faded its not possible to polish it up to get the colour to shine because you are only polishing the clear coat, and not affecting the coloured coat like you are on a solid colour
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FlameRedCorsa
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Registered: 20th Jun 02
Location: Leicester Drives: Astra GSi Turbo
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Thanx for the help, that means I can put my mirror back on the car
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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white and red corsas are not laquered, dont laquer it or it will not be a good colour match.
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MikeH
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
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Flame red fades too 
Wish i'd got another colour car.... i spent a whole day tcutting and pollishing with 2 coats of wax a while ago and it didn't take long to go back to the same.
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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its the paint vauxhall used, it was crap paint, the stuff you buy nowadays wont fade anything like the standard colour would.
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MikeH
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
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bloody vauxhall!!
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Colour-Tec Coachworks
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Registered: 18th Dec 03
Location: Winners of Max Power Live 2004 - Best Bodywork of
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What a lot of crap?... Colour does not determine whether u lacquer paint or not... you really shouldnt say things if you dont actually know.
1k paint other wise known as basecoat is a paint finish which requires lacquer.
2k paint is a paint which doesnt use lacquer
Its that simple, it depends on the type of paint your using.
If your car was at an accident repair bodyshop, it would be painted in base coat and lacquer... everytime... no exceptions.
If you wanted to add lacquer to a 2k paint, you could it would increase the gloss level, its not necessery though... and it will not affect the colour match, just increase the gloss level
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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What we are saying is that no solid colour from Vauxhall is lacquered from the factory.
Also i thought it was names 2Pack because its made up of 2 parts (paint and hardener).
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Colour-Tec Coachworks
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Registered: 18th Dec 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
What we are saying is that no solid colour from Vauxhall is lacquered from the factory.
Also i thought it was names 2Pack because its made up of 2 parts (paint and hardener).
2 pack paint is made up of 2 parts, paint and hardiner/activator... i never said anything about that.
But it makes no difference how its painted in the factory... the colour flame red is availbale in 2k or 1k format... so if the guy has flame red paint, it doesnt mean he shouldnt use lacquer... becuase he hasnt told you what type of paint it is and like i said before, you cant tell by the colour whether it needs lacquer or not.
Also, i disagree with the comments that all red / white corsa's are painted with 2k paint, cos thats not strictly true...
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