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Posted by chrisnj [68.39.48.179] on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 at 07:01:47 :
While we're on the subject down below, I feel compeled to add my 2 cents into the isssues. Some here will agree, some will not. But the bottom line to ANY paint job and paint product use, it to read the instructions. Each paint is different, and they all change methods periodically. Thats why I read the TDS before each paint job I do. Doesn't matter if it's a product I've used for a long time, or first time. Even if I spray the same stuff the week before, if it is a different (new) gallon the process may have changed. The companies producing the product spend moillions on research to produce the product, but final out come is entirely on the user. If we rebuild and engine, or trans, we don't leave out any steps because we know what the result will be in the end. It is the same with paint. Leave one of the steps out, and you might as well throw your money in the toilet. Another thing to understand is that not all paints will work in every spray environment. Some are user friendly, some are not at all. Before choosing a product, make sure it is condusive to the environment you are working in. I've tried what seems like a thousand different types, brands, styles, etc. Each has major characteristics of their own, for better or worse. The other thing is equipment. If the TDS says "use a 1.3 tip with 10lbs. at the cap" well, that is exactly what you are supposed to do. If you don't, then don't expect good results. This is why I own more buffing equipment than paint equipment~!@#$%^&*. The one thing I have found is that the cheaper the product, the less sensive to equipment/environment the product is. Finding a happy medium is a challenge, but they are out there. Most of the products I talk about here on the forum that I use I have had the best success with over the years. It doesn't mean they are the answers to all the paint issues, it's just what works for my conditions. I'd like to hear what others have used and been successful, or failed with. More so, the conditions they were sprayed in. I'm always up for learning something new....chris
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