by gerbsinmd » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:39 am
Ok, here's what I found out about the flexibility questions, I asked the guy who first documented this procedure and here was his reply:
v8mirage - the paint remains very flexible, case in point - i was driving my charger down a country road at night, and out jumped a deer, there was nothing i could do, i hit it at about 40mph, right on the front pass fender (which is fiberglass) and i watched it buckle up (flex) about 1 foot up as the deer came to a stop at about 9g's and died. Deer = dead, fender = perfect.
Then just to try something myself, I took the plastic paint tray that I have been using to paint, and basically turned it inside out, and none of the paint cracked, chipped or peeled.
I was actually surprised by the result of the paint tray. This is using Rustoleum.
The Brightside paint which is the single stage urethane paint, used typically on boats, I would think is designed to be flexible since it is used on fiberglass which can be somewhat flexible.
FWIW
Darrel
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