ryan brown
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This may be a kentucky thing but the hotter the solvent the slower. The slow in dupont is slower than slow in nason. Flows longer and sprays a bit nicer.
Hotter solvent. Seems to hold out a lot better. It slows it down also. It only takes 20% so it doesn’t up the cost much at all.
If you can get dupont try the Nason 465 clear. Very very nice for the money. I would say it is one of the easiest and best looking clears in the dupont line.
Only advice to give on it is to use chromapremier reducer instead of nason reducer
Lesonal is very nice for the money!
A few different reps have told me the reason paint has gone up like it has is because of the Lifetime warranty they have to give. Didn’t say exactly why? Same rep also told me what is in the can of clear costs less than the metal can itself.
2 gallons of Rage Gold! 😛
Wouldn’t be my first pick but it isn’t bad. You can make it as fast as you want or slow it down. If you speed it up too much it will die on ya. I would rather use HS+ or 250 but if thats what you have to use it will work ok for you. Sprays decent. Seems to prefer a 1.4 in my opinion.
Film thickness is less with water. On a metallic it is only 0.4-0.6 mils with Dupont. I would not use Cromax Pro for graphics though. It doesn’t recoat well after your initial 1.5 coats.
After trying PPG and spraying a little Autowave I would go with either of them. I have taped on PPG with no trouble.
That’s a cool looking ride Easy!
[b]bloverby wrote:[/b]
[quote]I say do something popular,, easy to get parts for,, that you may actually be able to sell without loosing your @$$ when the time comes.Do a fox body mustang and widen the fenders like an IMSA car.
A 3 series bimmer would look nice with the same treatment.
Do a civic but make it classy not wild.
VW GTI, make it subtle on the exterior and clean up the engine bay …..
Maybe a kit car based off a miata,,,
I think the quality of construction and attention to the details is what sets something apart from the crowd, more so than just making something wild.[/quote]
I agree with Bloverby. Get something that won’t take an act of god to make it look cool. Start with some simpler body mods and go for quality. If you start to extravagant on your first one you will have a better chance of it being a bad experience. The more you do it the better you will get and the more you will be able to do.
Don’t make it a Waldo Mustang and never get it done! :rofl
PPG has a product for this. It is kinda like Dupont 222S. It is some sort of adhesion promoter that can go over bare metal and be cleared. I will look tomorrow and find out the product number. I was just told about it a week ago.
Looks good as usual! :cheers
How ya liking that CVI?
[b]jim c wrote:[/b]
[quote]thats the first time i have ever heard someone having carpeting in a booth. that seems like it would trap alot of dirt. i line my floors with 100lb white booth paper and the walls i spray with evercoat’s tacky coat booth coating. the 2 together really reduces dust nibs and every time the booth is cleaned i have perfectly bright white floors and walls.[/quote]It works rather well. It does trap dirt but it doesn’t come out of it till you vacuum it. As long as you run the vacuum every morning it stays clean. Also when I pressure wash the walls to remove booth coating I will do the carpet. It is indoor/outdoor so you can wet it and it doesn’t hurt it. It won’t mold either. Plus it is a little easier on your feet and when you have to get down to paint the lower part of a car it is easier on your knees.
The paper your talking about seems like a good idea. Where do you get it from?
My helpers buff my jobs so I don’t do anything! :rofl
Seriously, we booth coat the walls every month and our floor is indoor/outdoor carpet so it gets vacummed in the motning.
Why not just buy a LV aircap and call it a day. It will cost around $100 and you will have the gun you are bidding on. Also if you want a different nozzle size all you need is the nozzle. Same aircap and needle as long as you stay from a 1.3 to 1.6.
In 10+ years of spraying I have never had to have anything warrantied. Some things I wouldn’t mix but the trainers told me mixing Spies with Cromax would be fine. I would rather have Spies clear on my car than a Dupont clear.