The Holdens were actually painted with Dulon and re-flowed by overdosing them with plasticiser and baking them to create a gloss and avoid having to cut every vehicle. The problems arose from their inability to keep everything constant because the thickness of the film and the temperature of the baking were absolutely critical. Too much or too little affected the life of the finish.
rob_man,
Feb 16, 1:28am
Ford used a different process from 1967 though to the 80s, baked acrylic enamel but with no hardener. The baking process alone was meant to cure the paint and they had similar problems, mainly with thicker buildups in places like cowl panels and upper surfaces in general. The result was uncured paint which gave us the celebrated mudcracks right across the range of Fords assembled in NZ at that time. That acrylic enamel would also wash off with wax and grease remover, that's why Dulux came up with Prepsol which was milder.
grangies,
Feb 16, 1:28am
I charge between $150 and $500 for a cut and polish.
$150 is for a small car, and includes a quick wash and dry of the exterior. Followed by a machine cut and a basic hand polish.
For $300-$500 ( depending on the vehicle size and condition ). It gets a full soapy wash including door jambs and road tar removal . Then some ( where necessary ) surface scratch removal with scotch-brite and flatting paste.
Then a full hard, concentrated machine cut, followed buy a machine glaze and then a silicon wax.
grangies,
Feb 16, 1:33am
XF and I think a few of the later XE's ( maybe that's where it was introduced on the later XE's ) .The metallic golds and maroons.
Honda NZ done it too.
rob_man,
Feb 16, 2:09am
The Falcons affected were from XR through to probably XEs but they were vastly improved by then. I can remember stripping an XC right back to the metal around 1982.
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