Should I Buy 1967 Lynndale Blue Lacquer Paint?

[Rocco S.]

I just purchased a survivor 1967 L-79 coupe. It needs minor front body repair. I want to keep as much original paint as possible. At most I will need to paint the nose if it cannot be blended.

With that said I have the opportunity to buy a gallon of Lynndale Blue (code 977) Lucite Acrylic Lacquer that was mixed back in 1998. The gentleman selling the paint never used it to paint his 67 project and has been sitting in a temperature controlled garage since then. The can was recently opened and it appears to be OK with no skin on top.

I know that lacquer available today is not the same as years ago but will lacquer from 1998 be similar to the original factory formula? I understand that the color match may be off slightly but since my car was stored from 1974 to 2016 in a dark garage I believe it has not faded much. How much paint is required to paint the nose? The entire car? Is one gallon enough?

The asking price for the gallon of paint, a gallon of mid temp thinner, a quart of 131S fill & sand w/activator and a quart of 2610S primer is $250.00.

Is that a fair price? I realize the fill & sand and primer may be useless. I look forward to hearing back from the group.

[Carl N.]

Re: Should I Buy 1967 Lynndale Blue Lacquer Paint?

One gallon is enough to do entire car. There are a lot of issues involved in spot painting, size of metal flakes, flow of existing paint vs. new paint. Also on Lynndale the color of the sealer/primer can effect tint. Lynndale is difficult to match. Asking $$ is fair IMO.

[Joe R.]

Re: Should I Buy 1967 Lynndale Blue Lacquer Paint?

I just purchased a survivor 1967 L-79 coupe. It needs minor front body repair. I want to keep as much original paint as possible. At most I will need to paint the nose if it cannot be blended.

With that said I have the opportunity to buy a gallon of Lynndale Blue (code 977) Lucite Acrylic Lacquer that was mixed back in 1998. The gentleman selling the paint never used it to paint his 67 project and has been sitting in a temperature controlled garage since then. The can was recently opened and it appears to be OK with no skin on top.

I know that lacquer available today is not the same as years ago but will lacquer from 1998 be similar to the original factory formula? I understand that the color match may be off slightly but since my car was stored from 1974 to 2016 in a dark garage I believe it has not faded much. How much paint is required to paint the nose? The entire car? Is one gallon enough?

The asking price for the gallon of paint, a gallon of mid temp thinner, a quart of 131S fill & sand w/activator and a quart of 2610S primer is $250.00.

Is that a fair price? I realize the fill & sand and primer may be useless. I look forward to hearing back from the group.

Fair price ? Yes

Enough to paint the entire car? No

I've painted several Corvettes and have never been able to paint even a roadster with one gallon of lacquer. Base coat/clear coat will paint with one gallon easily.

If that gallon is the correct color you WANT to use try to find another gallon of Lynndale Blue Lacquer and use it for the first coat and then use the Lynndale blue that is correct for the top cost.

Remember not to use something like enamel and lacquer together.

JR

[Domenic T.]

Re: Should I Buy 1967 Lynndale Blue Lacquer Paint?

Rocco,
I have made it with one gallon because the paint back then was thick and it actually made about 2 gallons when thinned. Matching is not easy as described in previous post as the PSI at the gun will also change the color with matalic.
I found that you can get one coat on the vette with a full gun and that's about a quart after thinning. I have also used the original color coat as a base after doing some primary patch painting. I first did the patch paint then coated the whole car to get the color even. If you use a primer then you will use more paint. The term we used back then was re- juvinating the paint. We even sprayed the original color with laquer thinner after scuff sanding to help the new paint bite in to the old. A bit of MEK was also used to thin as it softened the old surface for a good bite.

Dom

Dom