SPI’s Best kept secret!
I made the 5000 clear for production shops but I did not want a normal run of mil production clear
That is used 90% of the time doing insurance work.
So, I converted the universal to a 4:1 mix that production shops are using, and the result was I had no room for reducers and at 4:1 is about low 70’s in solids, not sprayable.
So reducer must be added, 4:1:1 or 4:1:1 will be high solid as well as 4:1:1.5.
4:1:2 a nice medium solid and 4:1:3 used by shops for used car work for cheapness.
Remember reducer is cheaper than clear so more reducer the less cost.
The other thing I did to save money was change the blend of the ISO in the activator so the clear would act like the majors and cure at a faster rate, so instead of unlimited buffing like the Universal clear you have about two weeks.
Then some companies came out with a 30-minute buff clear, all the ones I have seen are very low solids usually in the 28-32% range so they dry fast. The calls started after some of the shops would see cars they did 6 months ago and have a panic attach and then stopped using.
So, I came out with the fast activator for this reason and what a seller it has been.
4:1:1 with slow reducer buff in 45 minutes.
4:1:2 with slow reducer buff in 30 minutes.
The real advantage of this clear is the painter decides the solids for each job and the painter decides the dry time by the speed of reducer used, I no longer am deciding for the painter as all conditions are different and the painter knows what he needs.
I was called last night by a shop on a tech question and after he was telling me that he is stuck doing work for a relative that owns a used car lot and all he wants is cheap with the promise all you need to do is make the paint last for 30 days so I can sell it.
He said at 4:1:3 if doing a quarter and door he lays first coat like he wants it to look and if clean and does not need buffing he stops and does not do a second coat.
His cost $8.00 comes out to by the quart with a once coat application he said.
Kinda got me to thinking, this clear needed explaining as what he said I have heard many times over the years.
I made the 5000 clear for production shops but I did not want a normal run of mil production clear
That is used 90% of the time doing insurance work.
So, I converted the universal to a 4:1 mix that production shops are using, and the result was I had no room for reducers and at 4:1 is about low 70’s in solids, not sprayable.
So reducer must be added, 4:1:1 or 4:1:1 will be high solid as well as 4:1:1.5.
4:1:2 a nice medium solid and 4:1:3 used by shops for used car work for cheapness.
Remember reducer is cheaper than clear so more reducer the less cost.
The other thing I did to save money was change the blend of the ISO in the activator so the clear would act like the majors and cure at a faster rate, so instead of unlimited buffing like the Universal clear you have about two weeks.
Then some companies came out with a 30-minute buff clear, all the ones I have seen are very low solids usually in the 28-32% range so they dry fast. The calls started after some of the shops would see cars they did 6 months ago and have a panic attach and then stopped using.
So, I came out with the fast activator for this reason and what a seller it has been.
4:1:1 with slow reducer buff in 45 minutes.
4:1:2 with slow reducer buff in 30 minutes.
The real advantage of this clear is the painter decides the solids for each job and the painter decides the dry time by the speed of reducer used, I no longer am deciding for the painter as all conditions are different and the painter knows what he needs.
I was called last night by a shop on a tech question and after he was telling me that he is stuck doing work for a relative that owns a used car lot and all he wants is cheap with the promise all you need to do is make the paint last for 30 days so I can sell it.
He said at 4:1:3 if doing a quarter and door he lays first coat like he wants it to look and if clean and does not need buffing he stops and does not do a second coat.
His cost $8.00 comes out to by the quart with a once coat application he said.
Kinda got me to thinking, this clear needed explaining as what he said I have heard many times over the years.