Had a great call for education purposes last night.
The guy had shot three coats of clear on car in last week and wet sanded and was now putting on three more coats.
He called after second coat and had small solvent pop on some of the flat surfaces.
We were coming up to the 30 minutes mark so kind of cut him off and asked if he had any retarder and fortunately he did.
I suggested he hurry up and mix more clear and add 35-50% retarder to the mix and hammer a coat on flat surfaces and a medium wet coat on side so don’t run.
He called back and said the flats were clearing up and I said I would hammer another coat right away on the flats just to make sure they go away.
Once again, the retarder has saved a painter and it would have been a lot of extra work if he did not have retarder on the shelf.
Like a friend told me 30 years ago better to have a gun on you and not need it, than need it and not have it or was he talking retarder.
The guy had shot three coats of clear on car in last week and wet sanded and was now putting on three more coats.
He called after second coat and had small solvent pop on some of the flat surfaces.
We were coming up to the 30 minutes mark so kind of cut him off and asked if he had any retarder and fortunately he did.
I suggested he hurry up and mix more clear and add 35-50% retarder to the mix and hammer a coat on flat surfaces and a medium wet coat on side so don’t run.
He called back and said the flats were clearing up and I said I would hammer another coat right away on the flats just to make sure they go away.
Once again, the retarder has saved a painter and it would have been a lot of extra work if he did not have retarder on the shelf.
Like a friend told me 30 years ago better to have a gun on you and not need it, than need it and not have it or was he talking retarder.