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  • August 6, 2009 at 4:50 am #15184

    I have a part gal. of valspar solar system,universal intermix paint and bought another gal. of the paint to make sure that I had enough to do everything that I need to do on the car. When I bought the new gal., the jobber told me that I can use urethane reducer with the paint. The last gal. that I bought, he sold me basecoat stablizer to use. He says that you can use plain urethane reducer now. Can this be true? And if it is, why would they have sold stablizer last year and then change? Thanks for any help that you may give to this. :unsure:

    August 6, 2009 at 5:22 am #15186

    geez id be a bit leery im not very familiar with valspar but would definitly ask someone else there feeling on this :S

    Anonymous
    August 6, 2009 at 6:04 am #15188

    I just had a look and what they call a stabalizer is just a reducer, any urethane grade reducer should get the job done.

    August 6, 2009 at 6:24 am #15189

    ya in my system its a big no no to do that but in others its ok 😉

    Anonymous
    August 6, 2009 at 2:05 pm #15199

    does yours have activator built in bondo? I noticed there was an optional activator available in the valspar sys.

    August 6, 2009 at 7:22 pm #15202

    Yes, There is an activator that is optional. Add two oz. per quart of spray able paint. Wonder if I can use it? Suppose to be used to help metallics flow. :unsure:

    Anonymous
    August 6, 2009 at 7:49 pm #15204

    I’ve never heard of it helping the metallics flow but it will improve durability & adhesion.

    August 6, 2009 at 9:04 pm #15207

    [b]jimmo wrote:[/b]
    [quote]does yours have activator built in bondo? I noticed there was an optional activator available in the valspar sys.[/quote]
    ya its built into the trs 4 an all our activaters even the non catalized ones must be shookin b4 use i always thought valspar was similar but must be wrong all my stabilizers are milky looking in my system :teach

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