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Is there any update on when clears, specifically UV, will be available again? Thanks

I am in the early stages of opening a second location. I have baking forced heated air downdraft booths (2) now. For the new location I've noticed how much cheaper IR curing booths are. I have medium and short wave lamps for curing filler and primer. What are your thoughts or experience with...

I remember some time ago there was a thread about using spi (I think intercoat clear) on wood. I skipped over it because at the time I didn't care. I've always used auto finish for cars and relied on wood finishes for wood. With that said, I want to spray a blue candy over some wood. Anyone...

I have not thought to ask this question before but I it came to my mind today. I used to use someone else's epoxy. This manufacturer produced several colors but claimed that the black had better corrosion protection than the other colors. Does SPI epoxies have any differences in adhesion or...

Like a lot of us, some of us have long term relationships with some of our customers. This '67 Mustang is the only work we have done for this customer but he and I hit it off and have been friends since. This post is not about my shop, the customer, or the car. It's about SPI!! This job was...

Well I know what opinions are like...BUT...I have sprayed both over the years and like both. I'm in the market for a new clear gun and interested in opinions. My favorite clear gun through the years was an IWATA W-400. I spray with a SATA 5000 RP now. I have someone helping me and I think I...

I always use hardener in my basecoat. (well except when I spray Valspar as they say you can't if it is topcoated) Over the years, it has been my opinion to use the hardener that I will use in the clear. I have used a dedicated basecoat hardener like Diamont BCH2 in Diamont base. Last week...

I have often mixed speed of hardeners to get the speed I want. But, the purpose of this post is I just seem to not have the hardener I want when I want it. Is there any disadvantage to just stocking fast and very slow and blending the hardeners? I would assume 40% fast and 60% very slow would...

Well after being very unhappy with Valspar I have pulled the trigger on a Mipa mix system. I don't feel like writing all of the ins and outs of all of the paints I've used over the years but I will say my favorite was always Diamont and Glasurit. Mipa is a polyester system like BASF, sprays...

I have only used a pneumatic DA for automotive but have an electric DA for woodwork. I don't have air in the wood working shop. Anyway, I've most used Hutchins sanders. But now I need to replace a couple and wondering if I could or should switch to electric. They seem quieter and less load on my...

I've got a chance to get a good deal on a low hour rotary compressor. Is anyone else using one in there shop? I have a large diesel powered Sullair that we use for blasting and it has a fair amount of oil carry over into the air. Our shop compressor is a reciprocating Quincy 10hp. Against my...

Well, I've been at it over 30 years and I guess we just get our ways about us. For years, the "nice" stuff (non-collision) I painted, sanded and recleared (flow coat). I've tried the 5-6 coats of UV and color sanding and buffing and it turns out great. But, my old method of 3-4 coats of clear...

I try my best to not get involved in certain situations. I don't do low end work. BUT, I have a kid that helps me from time to time and his grandfather gave him his truck. It's scratched up and needs a door. Anyway, for 80% of it, I just want to prep and shoot over the factory paint like...

I've been spraying Universal for a number of years. I wanted to try Euro to compare and see if it is something I wanted to use on some daily driver stuff. I'm always doing something for friend or family and Universal is kind of overkill. I sprayed Euro for the first time last week and, to me...

Now that some folks have been using Motobase for a while, I'd like some feedback as to how well it works. I'm considering being a jobber. I had a jobber store and sold matrix about 15 years ago.

OK. I've been experimenting with spraying SPI UV clear over unsanded single stage the next morning and I'm pretty happy. I mix only BC/CC so I have to go to the paint store to get SS. The closest is the BASF jobber and I've been experimenting with Limco Supreme Urethane. Should I travel...

It's bulb time and paint booth re-fresh. Has anyone converted T8 to LED? I'm looking at a few sources on EBAY and considering it a lot. The T8's I installed last time were 6500k color and I like those pretty good. Might be just a tad blue in color match compared to "real sunlight" but I'm...

Of the SPI clears, I have only used Universal. It is the best clear I have ever sprayed in the 35+/- years I have been spraying. I have been using it for my high end work for a long time but have now dialed it in for my collision work. I can go with very slow for an overall in July and use...

I've sprayed a lot of candy red, brandywine, and cobalt blue. I've also sprayed HOK black cherry pearl a number of times. I was watching the 1/28/17 edition of counting cars with a black cherry Chevy truck. If any of you saw or can find that episode, I'd like some input before experimenting...

I've posted this before but I can't find it! I have cleared single stage many times with excellent results but I have always let it cure for a few days, sanded and cleared. I have been wanting to do the method of spraying single stage and clearing the next day without sanding. What single...