Should I Use Laquer When Painting Artic White?

[gti-hysteria 0]

basically im painting my sills and trim inserts artic white (or was it alpine i cant remember now), but should i use laquer on top or not??

[toddydal 1]

depends on which paint you have got mate,ive just recently done my car and that was just straight gloss which shines right from the gun,if you get basecoat then you will need to put clearcoat over for the shine,itl be easier to use just straight gloss for the sills as 1 or 2 coats and your done,were as with basecoat its 1 or 2 coats of base and then 2 coats of clearcoat and if your doing it at home the drying times are longer

[sutol 0]

Whites used to have laquer built into the mix.

[gti-hysteria 0]

iv painted them now and i didnt use laquer, it is very shiney, need to give the car and t-cut and polish now but that can wait, here are the results anyway....

 

BEFORE

 

DURING

 

AFTER

 

 

[Paintguy 0]

Looks great, and I still love those Speedlines

 

It must have been the kind of direct gloss colour that toddydal referred to above, which 'shines' straight from the gun/can. That used to be the norm for solid colours like white, red etc, but more and more they are becoming matt basecoats (like metallics) which need a clearcoat (lacquer) over them for shine and protection.