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Automotive paint is comples system of several lavers of paints and agents.

  • a primer coat of approximately 2 Mils,
  • a color coating of about 1 to 2 Mils
  • a final clear coat that is up to 3 or 4 Mils thick.

Each is mixture of basic ingredients (pigments, binders and thinner)s. It's the The paints are water, acrylic or oil based but the chemical composition varies widely.

The paint itself is made up of a coloured pigment usually based on titanium oxide, but may include calcium, talc, mica, etc.

Over this may be put a polyurethane or urethane paint to provides a tough, clear and durable protection layer to protect the color coatings.

Other types of paints may include:

  • Nitrocellulose type lacquer paint
  • Acrylic type lacquer
  • Synthetic solvent enamelscontaining solvents
  • Acrylic enamels
  • Polyurethane enamel
  • Acrylic urethane enamels
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