Warning re Winnebago touch up paint not drying
A year ago, I ordered touch up paint for my 2008 from Lichtsinn along with other parts. Lichtsinn said they get the touch up paint directly from Winnebago, who said it was ChromaBase.. The good news was that the Medium Parchment, #775157, was a good match for the tan storage doors. The bad news was that even months later the touch up paint had not dried - it would wipe off with a paper towel.
I guessed that someone at Winnebago made a mistake and filled the touch up bottles with 2-component paint (which requires an activator to cure). So I ordered another bottle. It looked the same but also didn’t dry.
The folks at Lichtsinn were great and called Winnebago to ask what’s up. Someone at Winnebago said “If you apply it thin enough it will dry.“
That’s absurd. On my test pieces, the paint is about 4 mils (0.004 inch) thick and still smears after 10 days.
Perhaps at some point somebody at Winnebago screwed up and stopped selling lacquer based touch up paints (which DupliColor and all other I know of are).
So this post is to warn you about buying touch up paint from Winnebago (at least the Medium Parchment - perhaps they still use lacquer for other colors) or let you know what’s the problem if you did buy from them and it doesn’t dry.
And if anyone has a good experience with a different supplier of touch up paint bottles, that would be appreciated.
My only other option is buying and mixing activator, making the paint a one-time use.
I guessed that someone at Winnebago made a mistake and filled the touch up bottles with 2-component paint (which requires an activator to cure). So I ordered another bottle. It looked the same but also didn’t dry.
The folks at Lichtsinn were great and called Winnebago to ask what’s up. Someone at Winnebago said “If you apply it thin enough it will dry.“
That’s absurd. On my test pieces, the paint is about 4 mils (0.004 inch) thick and still smears after 10 days.
Perhaps at some point somebody at Winnebago screwed up and stopped selling lacquer based touch up paints (which DupliColor and all other I know of are).
So this post is to warn you about buying touch up paint from Winnebago (at least the Medium Parchment - perhaps they still use lacquer for other colors) or let you know what’s the problem if you did buy from them and it doesn’t dry.
And if anyone has a good experience with a different supplier of touch up paint bottles, that would be appreciated.
My only other option is buying and mixing activator, making the paint a one-time use.
