Quick question - paint..

[Reyes]

whats a basecoat? I mean.. what does it do? Someone give me the info

 

[Paul.M]

isn't it just the colour
applied after the primer before the laqeur
i think it is anyway

 

[Reyes]

Basically, i got my rear bumper sprayed yonks ago and i had to get it resprayed again because i didnt tell him it needed a 'basecoat' I gave it to him primed.

 

[Paul.M]

oh right i havent got a clue then
i'd also like to know this aswell then lol

 

[Rob.]

A coat of paint applied after priming, that usually incorporates the overall color scheme of the model.

 

[Chrisjk]

A coat of paint applied after priming, that usually incorporates the overall color scheme of the model.

Retrieved from google definitions

I think though you can use the final colour as a base coat then build it up with more layers.

 

[AlexG]

its used after the primer to give a good base colour on which to apply the top coat. eg some primers are red. then they would use a white base coat, then they would apply the *silver* top coat then the laquer!

 

[ditz]

whats the original problem with the bumper? i mean.. you say you've had to get it done again "as you forgot to tell him it needed a base coat" but whats the actual problem?

it the wrong colour?

 

[Final Maxim]

Basically, i got my rear bumper sprayed yonks ago and i had to get it resprayed again because i didnt tell him it needed a 'basecoat' I gave it to him primed.

so the bodyshop laquered a primed bumper? :S

 

[Rob.]

Confusing. So you asking for it to be painted.
But didnt tell him it needed a base coat???

How can you paint a bumper with out a basecoat??? / why

 

[Reyes]

Basically, i got my rear bumper sprayed yonks ago and i had to get it resprayed again because i didnt tell him it needed a 'basecoat' I gave it to him primed.

so the bodyshop laquered a primed bumper? :S

No. Basically, it needed a base coat.
He Sprayed it and laquered it, and it looked a little off colour. Then he went back to his paint supplier and they said to him it needed a basecoat aswel as primer, paint and laquer

 

[Rob.]

so the bodyshop laquered a primed bumper? :S

No. Basically, it needed a base coat.
He Sprayed it and laquered it, and it looked a little off colour. Then he went back to his paint supplier and they said to him it needed a basecoat aswel as primer, paint and laquer

Sounds like his just mismatched the colour as the "paint" is the basecoat. same thing.

 

[Final Maxim]

so the bodyshop laquered a primed bumper? :S

No. Basically, it needed a base coat.
He Sprayed it and laquered it, and it looked a little off colour. Then he went back to his paint supplier and they said to him it needed a basecoat aswel as primer, paint and laquer

what youre saying dont make sense mate.

you say the bloke said "you didnt tell him it needed a basecoat"
but then you say "he sprayed it and laquered it".

if he sprayed and laquered it, it will have had a basecoat.

what i think you are confusing, im guessing, is groundcoat and basecoat.

im also guessing your car is a 3 stage paint which requires a groundcoat for covering potential and to achieve the right shade. without the groundcoat it will be very transparent and be heavily affected by metamerism too.

its down to the painter to check if its 3 stage, 2 stage or single stage, not you. if hes getting his paint mixed elsewhere, then they will say this paint requires a groundcoat.

and if im really honest, all that aside, it just sounds like hes fucked the colour up and is giving you the old BS story to fob you off.