[Andy Taylor]

Andy Taylor

May 7, 2009 at 1:12 am #14230

Mop and bucket full of thinners. Overspray doesn’t stick to the tiles surface very well, so comes up easily 🙂

We have a scrubbing machine to do the rest of the shop floor, but unfortunately we can’t get it in the booth because of the rail system for the push through oven 🙁

[Andy Taylor]

Andy Taylor

May 6, 2009 at 11:09 pm #14226

Not sure if I’d like the idea of carpet. I’d be worried about it shedding fibres and trapping dust.

It’s an expensive option but my booth floor is tiled. Super hard wearing and very easy to keep clean.

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Andy Taylor

May 3, 2009 at 6:43 pm #14196

Yep, I tack off everything.

I keep all my used tack cloths, and use them first in conjunction with a blower to clean down the area to be painted and the surrounding paper/plastic. I’ll then use a newish one over the panels whilst airing off with the gun.

I don’t usually tack off after my first medium coat (waterborne user here ;)), but will do after the wet coat, and again after my drop/control coat, just before clearing.

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Andy Taylor

May 3, 2009 at 6:33 pm #14195

[b]Joe@FCAB wrote:[/b]
[quote]Once you get the hang of it you will love it! I know I wouldnt go back….[/quote]
I agree.

It took me a bit of time to get used to, but a couple of years down the line and I wouldn’t want to go back to solvent base again.

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Andy Taylor

April 13, 2009 at 7:52 pm #13962

Thanks for the welcome jimmo. I keep trawling my way around different paces to find one where I’ll fit in. :silly:

Yes Han. I’m talking about 1200 on a sander, so it soon takes the OE clear down too. A little too much at times with some Jap and Italian cars that use the bare minimum! :blush:

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Andy Taylor

April 13, 2009 at 2:28 pm #13958

I also do exactly the same, for the reasons given.

In fact, when I was on NEXA (ex ICI) 6690 clear, they actually recommended an even more extreme method for clearing blend panels, particularly on silver/ high metallic colours:

First coat of clear should be applied to within 6″ of the end of the blend panel, second coat should go to 4″ from the end, then the remaining ‘strip’ should be covered with a 50/50 mix of clear and 1601 blending thinner. That way the end of the panel adjacent to the untouched original paintwork would only have a very thin layer of extra clear on it, reducing the chances of darkening to a minimum.

I generally don’t go to that extreme myself, but I reduce the thickness of the original clear by giving it a good sand with a 1200 disc. That way, one extra coat over it makes an undetectable difference 🙂

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