custom pearl paint

[Brian Burns]

I am putting my 89 in to be painted over the winter. I am thinking about
putting a nice white pearl paint on it. But I dont know anything about
paint, is there anything i should know or ask about when i go to the shop.

Before anyone says get someone who is experinced with painting vetts that
wont be an issue. I am taking it to the same place that did a fabalous
candy job on my father-in-law's 73.

my car is the origional white (artic white I think they called it) It has
not been painted in the 11 years that I have owned it. But the clear coat
has cracked and is peeling off from the area between the targa and the rear
glass. I am also going to replace all the weatherstrip at the same time.

The car is my daily driver but I want to make it special.

I would appreciate any tips / info

thanks

Brian

[Bruno]

The finest and I do mean finest paint I've ever seen on anything, i.e.,
car, boat, motorcycle is emerod ( that's probably the wrong spelling )
but it's outstanding. Phonetically, " em - er - rod ".

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[Benjamin Berusch]

Are you thinking of Imron? It's very expensive stuff made by Dupont
that is usually used on planes and semi tractors. My father's boat
was sprayed white with Imron and looks fantastic.

--
Ben

[Jim Pascale]

I'll second the Imron reco..It looks great & lasts forvever!

[vette...@webtv.net]

The paint you refer to is "Emron". It's a top-of-the-line
polyurethane from DuPont. I don't recall that Emron is available in
pearlized colors although a true pearl job can be done with it by using
the Emron clear that is available to use over the colorcoat.

Emron is IMHO the best paint on the market. It is also one of the
most expensive.

[Brian Burns]

lasts forever?????

like resistant to road tar and bug juice

I am assuming it dosent deflect stones, not that i have may stone chips on a
the origional paint.

Where can i see somthin painted with this great stuff

Thanks

BB
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[Jim Pascale]

Brian,
I just emailed you an example of a car painted in Imron paint in
1975,which still looks as good as new.
Too bad you can't post binaries here.
Jim

[Dad]

Stop by your local Fire Department, most new fire trucks are painted in
Emron. Don't scorch as easy as the others do, among its other good
qualities.

--
Dad
98 C5 Black/Black/Auto
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

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[Steve Calvin]

I'm doing the same thing this winter with my '84. As yours, it's
currently white. I though about going with the pearl while but would
like to see it first would you happen to know where I may find some
pics? My other "thought" is changing the color totally.... dunno...
decisions decisions... ;-)
--
Steve

[Pink]

I have some experience with custom paint, and I do understand paint
has come a long way in 15 years, but here is my .02.

Per Imrom : I recommend it 100%. It sounds too good to be true, and of
course it all depends on prep, but know of 2 vehicles still around
today, one I even used to own that were painted with Imrom paint about
1982 or 1983 and both still look near new. Stone and chip resistant,
almost fade-proof and tough as nails.

I had several cars painted during the same time 1981 to 1985 period,
and the only paint that lasted more than a couple of years of daily
driving and out side storage was the Imrom paint.

The real "candy apple" paint job I had done (gold sparkly base coat,
15 coats of translucent top color coat and finished with clear coat)
lasted less than one year before it turned chalky, faded and
eventually felt like sandpaper. (It was lacquer)

I had one "pearl" paint job if you mean the white color that has a
bluish tint when seen at an angle was gorgeous and lasted about as
long as any other enamel paint from the time.

I had one car painted with pearl "accents" which was a powder
"glitter" that was added to the paint. It was pretty, but lasted about
the same as the candy paint. It was only in stripes, but they did have
to be repainted.

I do remember Imrom it was more expensive, about 40% more if memory
serves, but it was all the hype then, I think it was pretty new on the
market, BUT almost 20 years later, I can verify it was better than
advertised.

The only "glitch" was when my personal paint job ('68 Camaro) was
finished, it had one small run (on the main body section) and it was
impossible to repair. ( the run is still there 20 years later) Normal
Lacquer or enamel from the time would have either buffed out or sanded
out, but it was impossible to fix according to my body-man. He said
something about breaking the surface of the paint, and the only proper
way to repair was to strip and repaint the section. Not sure but that
is what he told me. That car sat unwashed and unattended for at least
7 or 8 years in a field and when it was resurrected, a good cleaning
made it look like new.

Dave~

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:03:15 -0500, "Brian Burns" <bbur...@home.com>
wrote:

[bgrly]

Go to local general aviation terminal at commercial airport and check out
the high end business airplanes.

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[Pink]

The Imrom paint is 2 part, like epoxy. When mixed, its very tough.
Hard but not brittle. Another anecdote to toughness is a battery
explode in my face (wrench touched hot terminal and ground together)
on that same camaro when the paint was 3 or 4 weeks old, I was rushed
to the hospital to get the chunk of battery out of my forehead and
have a saline drip dribbled in my eyes for 3 hours. When I came back
home, I washed the acid off with the garden hose and there was zero
damage to the paint. Under the hood was trashed, wrecked the aluminum
valve covers, destroyed the factory paint on the brake booster and PS
pump, but again, no damage to the color coat.

Cheers

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:03:15 -0500, "Brian Burns" <bbur...@home.com>
wrote:

>lasts forever?????

[vette...@webtv.net]

Pink, in the early 80's when Imron was new on the market, it did have
some re-coat restrictions. I seem to recall that it was something like
seven days before it could be recoated. Of course, it has been improved
over the years and those restrictions are not as stringent. Also, for
several years, there has been a clearcoat available for Imron.

It's been a long time since I've used Imron to paint a complete auto.
I mostly use it to paint my engines because it is STILL so expensive. I
painted the engine in my 72 Monte Carlo 13 years ago with it and it
still looks new with no heat discoloration even around the exhaust ports
or the carb heater area of the intake.

The true pearls came in a variety of colors way back when although
blue was one of the more popular tints for some reason. The original
pearls came in powder form and had to be mixed with clear. The newer
pearls are in liquid form. I still have some of the powdered stuff
along with different sizes of metalflake that I use occasionally for
custom accents.

Enough rambling........

[Don Doyle]

Imrom was the premier marine paint in the 70's. They may have made
several versions, i.e. the marine paint may have not been used on
cars.

Anyway, Imrom was used on Bertram and Hatteras sport fisherman costing
over 1 million. This version was a two part paint that was very toxic
during application and could be applied only with , what now seems
normal, space suits and air tanks for the workers. Sprayed on boat
hulls, this stuff was great out in the blue water. It lasted for at
least 10 years in warm salt water. It was VERY expensive.

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