Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: 300by500]
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03/16/13 06:46 PM
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I just had one of my Sprinter work vans repainted. I've had a lot of good experiences with fleet vehicles painted with Dupont Imron in the past, so I had the body shop use it instead of base/clear.
THIS TIME, however, the van is covered with BAD orange peel. It has cured for a few weeks, and it is as hard as a rock. I just tried a slow-speed orbital buffer with some Meguiars quick-cut compound on it, but it didn't even touch it.
You're not going to be able to compound out bad orange peel. You will have to cut it down with sandpaper (block it). Then compound to restore gloss, that will be when the hard Imron will prove to be a challenge.
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: Kern Dog]
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03/16/13 07:37 PM
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How did somebody get orange peel with Imron? That is one of the most forgiving paints I've ever used.
"We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: 6PakBee]
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03/16/13 07:40 PM
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How did somebody get orange peel with Imron? That is one of the most forgiving paints I've ever used.
I think it was sprayed way too dry. It was a pretty crappy job overall, lots of overspray on plastic parts, even under the hood. Live and learn....
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: 1_WILD_RT]
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03/17/13 02:27 AM
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How did somebody get orange peel with Imron? That is one of the most forgiving paints I've ever used.
By following EPA mandated guidelines which reduces VOC's by reducing the use of solvents... You know, the stuff that is supposed to allow the paint to flow.... I don't know what the percentages are for Imron as I haven't sprayed it in 25 years but for Centari they changed the mixing ratio from the original 1-1 to the EPA approved 1-8... Gee imagine that, it doesn't lay down at all.. Ignore the new numbers spray it like we did in the 70's & it flows....
FWIW yes you can cut & buff but it's gonna be a ton of work & your likely to cut through...
Interesting to know. When I read this my first though was the same as the original quote, but I have not used Imron since the 1980's.
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: 1_WILD_RT]
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03/17/13 10:15 AM
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Not legally....
That's because you're in the wrong state on the left coast but you knew that!!
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: 62maxwgn]
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03/17/13 05:47 PM
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Not legally....
That's because you're in the wrong state on the left coast but you knew that!!
Could someone post info or pm me on where to buy centari. It is not
available to me where I live. I see it listed on the Dupont website
under "commercial finishes"?
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: pacifica]
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03/17/13 07:33 PM
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Anything now more durable then Imron?
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Orange peel on Dupont Imron - fixable?
[Re: mopfried]
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03/20/13 08:43 AM
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I thought that Imron would look cloudy if wet sanded and buffed?
My 74 challenger was freshly painted with imron paint in 1984. My friend had it painted just before selling it to me and I remember all the hoopla about it being painted in imron.
It was sanded and buffed and you can see some scratches in the clear and there is a little cloudyness here and there. So I'm thinking it's hard to sand and buff?
I have never tried to buff it and it is very hard paint and has held up well during the 30 years it's been painted.
July 2012, more bonneville salt.
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