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Original paint specs
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 8:16 am
by Mark M
Maybe a question for Tom Wilson: Were our cars originally painted in Lacquer or Enamel? This should be interesting! ~Mark TC8126 Sunny Ohio
Re: Original paint specs
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 11:07 am
by Roger Furneaux
hi Mark - whatever you call it on your side of the pond, we originally used Cellulose...there must be a paint technologist among us for a deeper explanation!
RogerTC0978
Re: Original paint specs
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 1:54 pm
by Frank Graham
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Roger,
I believe we called it Nitrocellulose lacquer or more commonly just plain lacquer over here.
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hi Mark - whatever you call it on your side of the pond, we originally used Cellulose...there must be a paint technologist among us for a deeper explanation!
Roger
TC0978
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:17 PM 'Mark M'
tc8126@earthlink.net [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Re: Original paint specs
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 8:53 am
by motionwear
Results from 'Type of Original Paint on a TC" test:
TC5147, was disassembled about 1953 after being rolled in a hill climb in Ohio. Body parts all stored indoors, original color (green) still there with a thin layer of gray primer underneath.
Enamel: Front and rear wings, front splash apron, spare tire carrier.
Nitrocellulose: Doors (there is no tub to test, only the doors remain)
The battery box lid (the MG press shop green) is nitrocellulose.
Also tested a late TC footramp Doug Pelton recently sent me. It was originally body color green, with a later coating of black on some of it. This paint was nitrocellulose. Remember the late TCs all had body color bulkheads.
Tom Wilson