Its the time of year, hot and humid and because of this about one time around a car with a paint gun and the compressor has turned into a water generator.
Body shops will have $1000's of dollars in a water trap system.
Here are the facts, only desiccant or a refrigerant system will stop the water vapors from going through the line, this is why to be a direct repair for an insurance company or to be certified by the major paint companies you must have one or the other.
To clear the matter up let me give you new folks an example. We have two air systems at the plant, the one has 50ft of copper coiled at the compressor, then 15 feet of line to a $900 Sata water trap, then goes 50 more feet to a motor guard M60 water trap.
Do we get vapors? Yes, so bad at first I bought a case of the orange ball filters that screw on the gun, as I like this system to test batches for convenience.
Here is what I learned real quick those filters at the gun was good for the equivalent of two passes on a set of T-tops and then needed replaced.
Were the filters wet inside? No but did not stop the vapors coming through the line.
Only solution was a DAD500 add on and never a problem since, we change the desiccant almost every 2.5 months.
So if you think those $15 -$50 water traps work, think again.
What does water do?
Epoxy, pinheads or fish-eyes.
2K primer, nothing you can see, makes it brittle, could crack down the road, increase the chance of stone chipping, poor adhesion of base.
Base-coat, nothing you can see but maybe blushing in places, long term, slight chance it could crack but unlikely.
Clear and SS, solvent pop, fish-eyes, Iso clumping, brittleness, white specks in clear, noticed when buffing, potential of blistering down the road, stone chipping, harder to buff or even impossible to buff out 2000 grit scratches (a worse case scenario but has happened)
Costs:
A band-aid would be a desiccant snake, could last for a full paint job, cost $20-25.
A dad500 is in the $500-600 range but if you Google, there are knock offs for $140-$180, that are every bit as good.
This weekend, crossed my mind to get an unlisted tech line number. LOL
Body shops will have $1000's of dollars in a water trap system.
Here are the facts, only desiccant or a refrigerant system will stop the water vapors from going through the line, this is why to be a direct repair for an insurance company or to be certified by the major paint companies you must have one or the other.
To clear the matter up let me give you new folks an example. We have two air systems at the plant, the one has 50ft of copper coiled at the compressor, then 15 feet of line to a $900 Sata water trap, then goes 50 more feet to a motor guard M60 water trap.
Do we get vapors? Yes, so bad at first I bought a case of the orange ball filters that screw on the gun, as I like this system to test batches for convenience.
Here is what I learned real quick those filters at the gun was good for the equivalent of two passes on a set of T-tops and then needed replaced.
Were the filters wet inside? No but did not stop the vapors coming through the line.
Only solution was a DAD500 add on and never a problem since, we change the desiccant almost every 2.5 months.
So if you think those $15 -$50 water traps work, think again.
What does water do?
Epoxy, pinheads or fish-eyes.
2K primer, nothing you can see, makes it brittle, could crack down the road, increase the chance of stone chipping, poor adhesion of base.
Base-coat, nothing you can see but maybe blushing in places, long term, slight chance it could crack but unlikely.
Clear and SS, solvent pop, fish-eyes, Iso clumping, brittleness, white specks in clear, noticed when buffing, potential of blistering down the road, stone chipping, harder to buff or even impossible to buff out 2000 grit scratches (a worse case scenario but has happened)
Costs:
A band-aid would be a desiccant snake, could last for a full paint job, cost $20-25.
A dad500 is in the $500-600 range but if you Google, there are knock offs for $140-$180, that are every bit as good.
This weekend, crossed my mind to get an unlisted tech line number. LOL
I don't see it on sale, and I don't have any 20% off coupons. BUT, I flip through magazines at the news stand during lunch sometimes and noticed that some magazines have sale ads with 20% or even 25% off coupons in the ad. Looks like I'll be picking up a $6 magazine to save $100.
