Glasurit 22 Line?, Looking for experience or availability Options

[Van B]

Seems like this would be the best hope of replicating the nuance of my L13M Saturn yellow that was badly missed with its previous paint job. But, I can’t seem to find anyone who can source it or much less has experience with it.

Anyone out there in 914 World have experience, advice, or sourcing tips they care to pass along? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yellow914.JPG)

[Van B]

@wonkipop there are many areas that will need to be taken down to bare metal and re layered from the bottom up: etch, prime, seal, paint. That sealer step is almost always skipped on budget or home repaints. Which means poor adhesion and moisture penetration under the paint.

The BASF website and that stupid blue BMW profile shot have been a fixture on my chrome tabs for a few weeks now… along with this site:
https://www.chemmasters.net/VOCmap.php

I’m avoiding ultra low VOC states because my opinion is that a single stage paint needs VOCs in order to perform.


@StarBear I’m just kidding with you… unless that intern actually does run the company now?!

@targa72e . Would mind elaborating a little more on how you got topcoat finish out of the base only? I’m intrigued

[wonkipop]

@wonkipop

The BASF website and that stupid blue BMW profile shot have been a fixture on my chrome tabs for a few weeks now… along with this site:
https://www.chemmasters.net/VOCmap.php

interesting map.

the blue states are federal EPA standards.

here.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998...df/98-22657.pdf

extract



Glasurit 22 line VOC data sheet.

https://techinfo.glasurit.com/en_UK/PKW_VOC...2_VOC_print.pdf

theoretically still complies in the blue states.
VOC level of 22 = 419 g/litre.
under fed EPA level of 600g/litre.

i can't see any revision of those EPA regs (that date from 1998/99 approx).
though anything that is not a blue state has its own tighter regs that over-rule.

if Glasurit 22 is difficult to get it can only be a decision by BASF to manufacture a uniform set of products within USA and to limit importation of paints from European Plants.
ie they have decided to simply manufacture to the more severe VOC standards of the other coloured states.

this may be the case in Australia too.
i am unaware to what extent BASF manufactures paint here, but i would think they would rather than ship it.
i know for a fact that the 22 line that you can get here is imported and not manufactured in Aus. and its not necessarily illegal. just a grey area.

EDIT

i'm thinking this is covid related. ie disruption to global sea shipping and freight.
this paint would be sea shipped. i reckon BASF and others would have pulled manufacture back to possibly one or two factories in Europe for 22. it would be a shrinking sales line restricted to really specialist use in restorations. strategy would have worked fine in pre covid world with sea freight the way it was. but now they have just dropped it in countries where they don't manufacture it. freight is too hard.

the retailer who sells it here is sourcing from the UK and is doing his own shipping.
i'm betting it takes him a while to get new stocks in too. the stories i hear about how long freight is taking to reach australia is fairly interesting.

hence what you are looking for is someone similar to the current supplier here.
some-one shipping in the paint and retailing it to small circle of resto shops who want and have to use it. for certain customers. thats my reason for suggesting you try directly contacting specialist restorers and talking to them.

as far as i can work out this would not be in breach of EPA in all the blue states.
the paint appears to conform to standards.