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Originally Posted by race-rodz
im with frank on this one...... any problems with the reducer not evaporating would also tell me the wrong reducer is being used, not enough flash time, or some other kind of operator error.
as with almost all chemical reactions.... heat speeds up the process, so when the car is baked... you are speeding up the cure time but speeding up the chemical reaction. every tech sheet i ever read says to allow ample flash time before baking cycle.... so as to not trap any solvents.
as for most of the paint being equal nowadays....... i couldnt dissagree more. i try new products on a regular basis... and sometimes i find a product that suits my needs better.... maybe it goes on smoother... maybe it cures faster... maybe it polishes better. if they were all pretty much the same... then this wouldnt be the case. each "brand" has its own charateristics that may or may not work for the painter, shop conditions, etc. this is why a lot of guys will swear by a brand that a lot of other guys thinks is just crap. i personally am a fan of PPG, it fits my needs great, i have tried a few others... and always go back to PPG. this is just my personal choice.
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Hi race rodz & 68pro touring454, how ya doing? it's good that fellow painters are able to give their hard earned knowledge to those that need it & hopefully help them to avoid problems with their own cars in the future. As you say, it seems a misconception by a lot of folk that 2K "cures" chemically & they aren't aware of the need to avoid solvent trapping.As to disagreeing with the comment regarding paints being pretty much the same,there are certainly some exceptions as I said, but the point I was trying to make was that on the whole they all have to meet the same critreria ie to be suitable to paint cars to OEM specs. As I said & I agree with you, once you find a product that suits you, stick with it.
