vauxhall Workshop Repair Guides

Vauxhall Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

System 9, Water Base Coat for 2-coat Paint Applications > < System 6, 2-C Acrylic-coat for 1-coat Paint Applications

System 8, Top 2-coat Base Metallic for 2-coat Paint Applications

System 8

Individual part paint application

Top-2-coat metallic base coat

2-coat pearlescent I

2-C-MS clear coat – standard

2-C-HS clear coat - new

Plastocryl

Paint repair

Surface:

Plastic:

 

Polycarbonate (PC), polyurethane (PUR-hard), polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP/EPDM), acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene (ABS). On primed new parts and production paint applications (2-layer paint applications).


Operational procedure

Paint stage

Products

Notes

 

I

II

III

   

Clean

x

x

x

Antistatic cleaner

Spray on using pump atomiser and dry with highly absorbent cloth.

Sand

x

x

x

Wet sandpaper

Sand down fault site with grain no lower than P 800. Give a matt finish to remaining surface using sanding/matting pad fine, blend prep.

Prime

x

x

Plastic primer

Spray two layers. Setting time 5 minutes. Paint stage II includes minor repairs (no putty application).

Sand

x

x

Sanding/matting pad fine

After drying, only if required.

Clean

x

x

x

Tack cloth

Remove dust (paint mist).

Spray base paint

x

x

x

Top-2-coat metallic base coat

Spray one layer. Setting time 3 minutes. Final spraying with two more layers. Setting time 15 minutes prior to clear coat application.

Elasticate clear coat

x

x

x

2-C-Acrylic clear coat - plastocryl 2-C-HS clear coat

Elasticate clear coat. 100 parts – clear coat 20 parts – plastocryl

Spray clear coat

x

x

x

Elasticated clear coat 2-C-MS hardener

100 parts of elasticated clear coat, 50 parts of hardener, 10 parts thinner.

       

Elasticated 2-C-HS clear coat, 2-C-MS hardener

100 parts of elasticated HS clear coat - new, 60 parts of hardener, plus max. 10% thinner.

       

Universal thinner

Spray one layer. Setting time 3 to 5 minutes. Final spraying with one more layer. Setting time 8 minutes prior to oven drying.



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System 9, Water Base Coat for 2-coat Paint Applications > < System 6, 2-C Acrylic-coat for 1-coat Paint Applications