Vifa Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi,I have been working on the interior of my Dodge Wayfarer 1949 and everything is out of the car now. I began primarily to check for rust, but I have got around to fix the radio, repair the seats and polished all the chrome parts - a lot of small things. However, I did discover some rust at the bottom when I got the carpet and seats out of the car. I want to get this fixed and repainted, but it should be with a time typical paint. Earlier this year I was searching for a time typical enamel paint to touch up some small spots on the exterior, but came to find out that no one is allowed to use these old single-component paints anymore - at least not here in Europe due to legislation. How are the legislation in the States ? - will I be able to source some paint through the States ?Best RegardsVifa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I've heard that in California it is very restricted what the home/hobbyist can use for paint. In Connecticut I don't know of any impending legislation to head things in that direction. I can still buy lacquer, enamel and the newer urethanes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU22 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 EU laws typically affect every area of life than they do in the USA. California is a whole nother country in some ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DodgeKCL Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Canada,at least Ontario, has gone to low VOCs. It means a lot of the 'old' enamels and laquers are gone because they have too much volatile thinners in them. Even the 2 part professional paints now have "low VOC" hardeners. The guys at CarQuest told me that a crew came in one day and literally pulled all their old stock paint out of their inventory to change it over to water based. Finito,zip,gone,over and out. But there is still some companies still allowed to put out old style paints. Don't know why. But a large dept. store here,Canadian Tire, does still sell paints that have to be cleaned up with thinners. I found out if the label says to clean up with thinners then it is not water based. (Makes sense. )But you seem to have your choice of buying water based or thinners based as they sell a variety of water based AND thinners based paints. I tried the water based stuff for the odd job around the house but it's crap. I do understand all Canadian automotive production has for some years been water based. I'm told the clear coat that goes chalky after a few years on all our cars is a result of a water based system. We make a lot of cars for the U.S. here so I assume the Yanks will be having the same problems. Edited July 25, 2012 by DodgeKCL (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudgy Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) ....... Edited August 13, 2012 by Mudgy (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU22 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I liked lead! In paint and gasoline. AND so many wonderful thingsLead is organicHow are kids today going to mutate to the enviorment?? I enjoy my birthmark with buck teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Classic Car Paint ? Vintage vehicle paint ? Classic auto cellulose paint You could try these people.or these: http://www.classicpaints.co.uk/Ray. Edited July 27, 2012 by R.White (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifa Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hi all,Thanks for all the replies, and Ray, thanks for the links - that might be what I am looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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