recomendations for clearcoat

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Laksha

Hello everyone,,
This is my first post, been a long time lurker of this forum and have wanted to try some of the SPI products. To give a little background I am a production painter in a fairly busy shop, we turn out about 25-30 cars per week. We have 2 old crossflow paint booths and no heat. Paint booths are less than ideal and most jobs get some sort of buffing. We mainly use Sikkens Autobase Plus for our basecoat and Lesonal ProAir Clearcoat. I am looking for a all around user friendly reversephonelookup.onl/ curated.onl/nba-reddit/ pcbuilder.onl/pcpartpicker/ clear that will work in all environments, ( mid 60 degree panel temps in the winter and 90's in the summer) I love the proair in regards to off the gun finish, but its not the fastest clear and it doesnt buff as well as I like. I have used the Valspar Speed Clears and love the quick dry times and buffing but have experienced a slight dieback on alot of jobs. So basically I am looking for recommendations on something that will work for our current setup. And how to find someone in my area that carries SPI products. Thanks for your help

Chuck.
 
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I think we have two clears that would fit your needs, and both would be a significant quality upgrade for you.
Our speed clear; it's not going to dieback or fall apart inside of a year!
Or our 2100 production clear, you may want both in the shop like a lot of production shops do.
 
I'm painter from production shop as well. 10 cars a week just thru my hands. Used production clear and I was totally happy about .but we have baked booth
 
If I was still production painting, speed clear would get used 90% of the time. The only time I would use something else would be a large (more than 4-5 panels) job in hot conditions. It can be buffed in 30 minutes, and does not lose gloss. Awesome product, and a money maker. Universal is also very versatile, and buffs easier than anything I have ever used. Works great on completes and big jobs, as does Euro. Haven't sprayed much Production, but I am sure it works great, also, as do all of SPI's products.
 
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