[HotRodMan]

I have had some experience with the base coat clear coat paint when it comes to sanding the clear coat with 1500 grit sandpaper then buffing it out to a high gloss finish. I was wondering if you could spray 3 coats of Dupont Imron, sand that with 1500 grit sandpaper, buff to a high gloss and get the same results??

 

[Halloweenking]

Any paint aside from Polyurethane can be polished. Even single stage paint, but it will never be as nice as a 2 stage. A single stage paint job can be buffed out pretty nice, but be carful not to burn through.

HK

 

[TurboS10]

I would also add, that if you sand single stage metallic paint, you will desturb the pattern and it will look like ****.

Chris

 

[JSD Performance]

Painted my truck with single stage Imron,it has blue, white,yellow pink and orange on it,then came back and put Imron clear on top of it Sanded it down and buff it it has a hell of a shine.you can see the truck at
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/348219

 

[musky2]

buffing Imron

If you wouldnt mind. Can you still buy Imron paint? I have a gallon of red that was used for fire trucks. Its old but been sealed good so its probably still usaeble. Problem; I thought they outlawed it. What I need is the activator. I painted Imron once and it came with one quart I believe of activator and used no thinner or reducer. The paint covered with a couple coats real good, flowed good and looked like glass smooth. So what company sells the activator, paint etc? I dont need the paint but I could give it to a buddy to paint his truck if I can get the additive it needs or I guess it needs it to dry and harden. thanks

 

[kenseth17]

The place I work at uses imron paint. Both single stage and base/lear. Yes it can be buffed, unless single stage metallic or pearl. No different then urethane, although polyurethanes are a tough paint, so may not want to wait more then a week to do it. Imron is dupont, in the old days it was single stage polyurethane, now they have it in ss and base/clear.

 

[mrcleanr6]

yup, you can still get it. the cat for it is 192s. its still used extensively in the marine and avation industry. they even make a couple different type. imron 5000 and 6000. never used those so i dont know what the difference is. only ever used the regular imron.