Typical Epoxy Sealer reduction

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Stang Guy

Is there a standard reduction amount for the epoxy sealer? Do most people do 1:1:1? If not, I have read 50% reduced, would that be 1:1: .5?

Thanks guys!
 
Depends sealer would be 1:1:1. If your coating bare metal I think most would go 1:1 ...with some practice I started adding just a splash of reducer to make it lay a little flatter... just how I've done it :)
 
It is all over the board here, most people I talk to reduce from 5% to 25% but production shops do like the 50% addition as it speeds up dry time and some do a 100%.
What ever works best for you, I just like it un-reduced for first coat of bare metal.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone. If I have some small 1/16 to 1/8 inch areas where I sand through the original epoxy primer, do you recommend re-epoxy priming those areas before sealing? Or will the sealer adhere to the really small areas of bare metal?

Thanks again!
 
Barry said:
It is all over the board here, most people I talk to reduce from 5% to 25% but production shops do like the 50% addition as it speeds up dry time and some do a 100%.
What ever works best for you, I just like it un-reduced for first coat of bare metal.
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I've been liking 1:1:1 as a sealer.. However, that's typically just to make it all uniform, and it's over sanded 2k primer. I consider it to be more of a adhesion coat for the basecoat. I may try thickening it up a little on my next one.
 
Barry;n80922 said:
It is all over the board here, most people I talk to reduce from 5% to 25% but production shops do like the 50% addition as it speeds up dry time and some do a 100%.
What ever works best for you, I just like it un-reduced for first coat of bare metal.
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What are the max safe times to recoat for the various ratios?

What are the max pot life and induction times for the various ratios?

And when you mean reduce 50% or 100%, what exactly do you mean, i.e. which one is 1:1:1?

Sorry for the newbie questions, lol.
 
Stang Guy said:
Thanks for the advice everyone. If I have some small 1/16 to 1/8 inch areas where I sand through the original epoxy primer, do you recommend re-epoxy priming those areas before sealing? Or will the sealer adhere to the really small areas of bare metal?

Thanks again!
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just shoot your sealer over those small sand throughs and don't sweat it, anything coin sized I spot coat over those areas first then come back with a full sealer coat over everything.
 
A:B:reducer 1:1:1 is 50% reduction, 1:1: 1/2 is 25% reduction 1:1:2 would be 100% reduction
 
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