TIL my jaguar had thermoplastic paint from the factory

"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 04/30/2016 at 19:05 • Filed to: None

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I say had because like any other 31 year old car the paint is no longer original and was repainted (very poorly I might add) sometime before I owned it.

For those of you that don’t know what thermoplastic paint is.

TPA Paint? “That Pissy Awful” paint is what one Jaguar owner calls it. It was a single stage acrylic lacquer resin paint mixed with a heat-setting plasticisers used by British Leyland starting in calendar year 1979, and used into 1987. TPA paint was applied by spraying and then subsequently baking the body shell to flow the paint out to a deep gloss. By baking the paint, the lacquer was dried, and the plastic in the paint softened and flowed into a smooth top coat of paint. When initially applied, the paint was beautiful, especially considering that during the early to mid 1970s the paint in use on the majority of cars was acrylic enamel, which was known for its tough surface and ability to withstand abuse.

^ I totally didn’t just copy that

Steve in Manhattan > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 04/30/2016 at 20:06

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Overdue for a respray?

wacopalypsenow > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 05/01/2016 at 08:39

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I like that green.

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