I was on the tech line with Barry a couple years ago and he gave me a tip that all but eliminated the epoxy craters. By that time I would rarely get them because I had my spraying adjusted to compensate for it. Especially the first coat as thats the one that gets you.
I re-did my air supply to the booth. Ran 3/4" pipe straight to the booth and into the regulator/filter that is inside the booth. Next,, which made the difference is to open that regulator in the booth wide open. I was using the wall regulator to get it close and then a gun regulator to fine tune. Since this change it has helped with Epoxy and clear also. Simple but I've been in other big shops that do the same thing I used to.
Spray the epoxy wet but not soak it and I never get craters anymore. Most of the time I do 3 wet/light coats instead of the two wetter ones I used to. But.. once that first one is on and sits an hour so so I can really hose the next two on if I want and craters aren't gonna happen if I spray evenly.
This is dumb but I would like to see a Base/Activator label. Just one of your clear activators in a different label so I can do an inventory at quick glance without shorting myself on activator that belongs to a certain can of clear.
I re-did my air supply to the booth. Ran 3/4" pipe straight to the booth and into the regulator/filter that is inside the booth. Next,, which made the difference is to open that regulator in the booth wide open. I was using the wall regulator to get it close and then a gun regulator to fine tune. Since this change it has helped with Epoxy and clear also. Simple but I've been in other big shops that do the same thing I used to.
Spray the epoxy wet but not soak it and I never get craters anymore. Most of the time I do 3 wet/light coats instead of the two wetter ones I used to. But.. once that first one is on and sits an hour so so I can really hose the next two on if I want and craters aren't gonna happen if I spray evenly.
This is dumb but I would like to see a Base/Activator label. Just one of your clear activators in a different label so I can do an inventory at quick glance without shorting myself on activator that belongs to a certain can of clear.