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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).

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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).

What a lot of crap?... Colour does not determine whether u lacquer paint or not... :boggle: 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

bloody vauxhall!!

its the paint vauxhall used, it was crap paint, the stuff you buy nowadays wont fade anything like the standard colour would.

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.

white and red corsas are not laquered, dont laquer it or it will not be a good colour match.

Thanx for the help, that means I can put my mirror back on the car

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

this has really confused me, i thought all cars needed lacquering :boggle:
Will it scratch easier?

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

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.

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