Just curious, what kind of paint used on our trucks originally? Was is acrylic enamel or lacquer enamel?

 

AutoColorLibrary - Color Chip Selection

 

Thanks for that. I was curious as to what type of paint-lacquer, acrylic, etc.

 

Click the link on top of the last post

 

I didn't see anything other than their tech sheets on the paint they sell,
Paint Type Paint Information
Acrylic Enamel Tech Sheet
Acrylic Urethane Tech Sheet
Acrylic Lacquer Tech Sheet
Urethane Basecoat Tech Sheet

 

Paint chip sample says Alkyd Enamel.

Interesting to see "semi-gloss" for interior paint.

Josh

 

Acrylic Enamel
Acrylic Lacquer
Alkyd Enamel

 

There is something I've been wondering, was it a single stage paint or base/top/clear?

Also, thanks for the link, didn't know TCP had that info! been getting airbrush paints there, now I can get orig colors!

 

Single stage, base coat /clear coat didn't exist for these trucks.

 

So it could have been one of these? Thanks.

 

The original paint was definitely enamel, I don't know whether it was acrylic or alkyd (I "think" it was acrylic but not sure).

 

Interesting info from an autobody forum.

1924 - Spray painting was introduced and the only available material was nitrocellulose lacquer.
1929 - Alkyd enamel was introduced. It was tougher than lacquer and needed no compounding. Most manufacturers used either lacquer or enamel from this point on, depending upon availability and factory conditions.
1940 - Chrysler and Ford changed over to enamels exclusively. Metal flakes in paints were introduced by the aluminum industry.
1956 - Acrylic lacquer was popularized due to its better sheen and durability. GM went exclusively to the material.
1960s - Paints utilized chromates, lead and other heavy metal chemicals that produced durable finishes. Ford called its enamels "porcelinized" paints.
1970 - The first aftermarket polyurethane enamel, Imron, was introduced by DuPont. It utilized a two-part chemical system that was extremely durable. DuPont experimented with waterborne solvents during this period.
1978 - High solids acrylic enamel becomes the paint choice of most manufacturers. These have the advantage of requiring fewer coats.
1980 - Base/clear coats are experimented with on Lincoln Versailles
1982 - Base/clear becomes industry standard.
1987 - Water-borne primers introduced. These paints are not actually dissolved in water, but use water as the medium to help transfer the paint from the can onto the car. They took a long time to perfect at the factory level, during which many durability problems were encountered.
1989 - Water-borne base coats introduced.
1990 - Clean Air Act sets strict limits on VOC's emitted during paint applications.
1997 - Anti-chip primers become industry standard.

 

You have to post your paint code for me to tell you.

 

3U (8) Lt. Blue 2907 on chip page
6P (U) Cream 2790 on chip page

Thanks.

 

Acrylic Lacquer