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The white epoxy primer worked so well on my son's race car, that I want to try black on one I'm restoring. I realize the black has a chocolate hue when in direct sunlight so I'll tell people it is "Midnight chocolate" or some BS like that.
Anyway, I ran into a thread where Jim posted:
"ive been spraying the epoxy for 15 years and its not the easiest thing to spray and have look good. its a very odd material. i dont know if its the solvents used in it or what. for something that is visible and needs to look good i always put a touch of flattener in it. 5-10% maybe. it changes the whole product. it looks alot nicer, sprays 100 time easier. honestly i wish it came from spi like that. it behaves more like the matte black ss. everyone i was selling it to over the years all went back to their old epoxy because of the spi is too glossy and too difficult to spray and have look good. in most cases it doesnt matter because its just getting primered over anyway and as an epoxy undercoat its a great product but as a final finish on a frame or something like that, i havent found anyone that likes it. i try to tell people about the flattener trick but no one wants to bother. spi should add it to give the stuff a little more control"
Does the flattener at 10% dull the sheen much?
I have at least 2 good coats of epoxy on every panel. I shot the tub and all the jambs and am reassembling the panels so that I can shoot it all together. I will block it out with 320 and then plan on a final topcoat of epoxy. I'm using an LPH-400 with a 1.4 tip. Anybody have any advice or experience they can pass on?
Thanks
Anyway, I ran into a thread where Jim posted:
"ive been spraying the epoxy for 15 years and its not the easiest thing to spray and have look good. its a very odd material. i dont know if its the solvents used in it or what. for something that is visible and needs to look good i always put a touch of flattener in it. 5-10% maybe. it changes the whole product. it looks alot nicer, sprays 100 time easier. honestly i wish it came from spi like that. it behaves more like the matte black ss. everyone i was selling it to over the years all went back to their old epoxy because of the spi is too glossy and too difficult to spray and have look good. in most cases it doesnt matter because its just getting primered over anyway and as an epoxy undercoat its a great product but as a final finish on a frame or something like that, i havent found anyone that likes it. i try to tell people about the flattener trick but no one wants to bother. spi should add it to give the stuff a little more control"
Does the flattener at 10% dull the sheen much?
I have at least 2 good coats of epoxy on every panel. I shot the tub and all the jambs and am reassembling the panels so that I can shoot it all together. I will block it out with 320 and then plan on a final topcoat of epoxy. I'm using an LPH-400 with a 1.4 tip. Anybody have any advice or experience they can pass on?
Thanks