Prospray base

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abarli65

I purchased a gallon of Prospray a little over a year ago. I am about ready to start spraying some color and I decided to get another half gallon before I do. Chad hooked me up with a half gallon of base coat as the local guy here in Dallas would not do less than a gallon (in this red color). don't know why, but communication was an issue. (I should have paid better attention in Spanish class)

Anyway, there was a concern on the solids type of the paint I have and the paint I ordered from Chad. Both are medium, so good there.

When I got out my original can, I noticed a printout sticker on the side that listed out what was in the can. Color code and other stuff. This is where I discovered my issue. It says it is Single Stage. Doh!

But hear me out...
The day I bought the paint, I got a quart of Wimbledon White also. He could only give me that color in Single Stage for some reason. The gallon of candy apple red is BC, so I think, and I got a gallon of prospray thinner to go with it. I have already sprayed my interior trunk with this red, thinned 1:1 and cleared with SPI. Turned out great.

I also noticed that along with this sticker on my gallon or red saying it is Single Stage, it also says it is 1 US Quart. SOOOOO... I am thinking the guy did not change the entire information on the print out computer thingy and just changed the color code info.

But to be absolutely sure... Is there any way to tell if I am looking at BC or SS? The red viscosity is the same in both red cans. I mixed a very small amount together and it mixes well. The two stir sticks I used in both red cans dried the same... they are both completely dry and hard... not sticky at all.

I would think that if it was SS, it would not dry completely without some hardener? This is my first paint job, so I am only an expert in primers. (and that is stretching the truth a tad)

What do the experts think?
 
i guess the only way to check is to spray a test panel and let it dry.

if it dries flat its bc
 
The reason he could only mix the white in single stage is because that is all that may have been in the computer. But converting a solid is not hard, I usually email them and within a day they get back to me with the base coat conversion. I have converted them myself but I usually let the pro's handle that. I just switch binders usually which is fine for most colors but some toners don't like to be switched from one to the other. Which is mostly red toners.

On the red..
I would assume that if he sold you single stage he would have also sold you a activator. Do you have a pro-spray item that starts with ICA???
 
I believe I am squared away... I spoke with Chad on the phone and after prying into my memory banks, I am 99% certain that my red is BC and the white quart is SS.

I will do a small test today to make sure... If the white does not dry very well, I will know for sure. The guy that mixed this stuff had put a dab of the red on the can lid and it dried really quickly with a paint drier. It sounds like SS would not do that without a hardener.

Thanks for the replies, and thanks to Chad for hooking me up with more paint and taking the time to understand and help with my questions.
 
Well, both of them dried, and they both dried flat. There is no shine to them.

I am thinking they are both BC. I feel like a mental patient. This may be correct.
 
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