Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rabiner <mark@r...> wrote:
> 
> I¹m not much of a gearhead but once I saw an unusual looking black painted
> car and asked what was going on and someone said it was ³lacquered² I think
> as if everybody knows about that. I recall he said the surface was delicate.
> I do know that there's a big cult with car people about matt cars. They¹re
> better for racing.
> 
> > Mark Rabiner
>

There are lacquer or enamel paints for cars.  Lacquer paints are no longer legal in many 
states in the US.   With lacquer paints you could put many coats to get a better finish on 
the cars.  Many of the 'muscle cars' were painted with these paints.  For my 73 TR6, some 
what modified, was re-painted with a red pimento (original color) lacquer paint (when the 
paint was legal here in California, USA).  It requires a lot of color sanding with water using 
a very fine grid sand paper:  600 or 1000.  I believe that even the 600 is too coarse for the 
final coats.  Also, it requires a lot of polishing to get great shiny coat.  A friend painted it 
for me, with the hood, trunk, and hard top painted by me.  If I remember correctly, we put 
about five or six coats on it.  Between coats, it required sanding, by hand, to get the finish. 
The paint easily chips.

Now for the important question will we get a better Dmax on HRag paper with the new 
Epson 2400?

Martin