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Lunner
02-10-2007, 11:38
Car painters, after a wee bit of advice on 2 pack paint

northy
02-10-2007, 12:17
what do u want to know pal.

2 pack needs breathing gear i know that and is illegal to sell to the general public i think.

Lunner
02-10-2007, 12:20
'safe' limit is 70mg/m^3, and since i'll be doing it out doors and won't be doing alot of it i'll be fine.

99% sure general public can buy it.

Just after a bit of advice if i need to bake it or can i just buy a winter hardner and tat will be sufficient.

Also i presume you can flat the polish 2 pack paints without ****ing teh finish.

Pretty sure my car is pealescent, but need t check, if so i'll need a 2k laquer, but any tips on getting a decent base coat finish and do i let the base coat 'flash dry' or do i let it fully harden before laquering it

After spending the last hour researching it those are the only bits i'm a tad hazy on

titcharoony
02-10-2007, 12:46
two pack is dead i think... :)

Lunner
02-10-2007, 14:50
Shit loads of places still use 2-pack and sell it so can't be

titcharoony
02-10-2007, 16:23
was a joke ...'tupac'

MattyH16valver
02-10-2007, 18:29
It all depends where you go. By law body shops that spray over a certian amount a year cannot use 2 pac due to how toxic it is....most places use water based. I had mine fully re-sparyed and they used water based....would have preffred 2 pac with the harder finish.

MatBrown
02-10-2007, 20:33
Just after a bit of advice if i need to bake it or can i just buy a winter hardner and tat will be sufficient.

Shouldn't need baking, we sometimes let them air dry at work with no heat.


Mat.

MatBrown
02-10-2007, 20:34
Pretty sure my car is pealescent, but need t check, if so i'll need a 2k laquer, but any tips on getting a decent base coat finish and do i let the base coat 'flash dry' or do i let it fully harden before laquering it


Don't let the basecoat dry fully otherwise you will loose the 'key' for the lacquer.


Mat.

Coops
02-10-2007, 21:27
s**t loads of places still use 2-pack and sell it so can't be

lmao, stick end wrong of?

geesus
03-10-2007, 09:16
with regards to the usage, bodyshops that use over a certain amount are being moved onto water based, however they gave them a deadline to use there remaining stock of 2 pack

so many bodyshops complained that it wasnt long enough and that any un-used would just end up in a landfill, the epa has allowed them to use all their remaining 2 pack stock before moving onto water based

i've got an article on it somewhere, but thats just from memory :)

Lunner
03-10-2007, 10:09
s**t loads of places still use 2-pack and sell it so can't be

lmao, stick end wrong of?

More like completely wrong stick lol

Robb
03-10-2007, 11:48
Sorry to go a little off topic here but does anyone know how much paint (base coat) ill need to respray a bonnet? :)