Epoxy headache

[ProfessorM]

Good point. Thanks. My 5 year old proves me wrong again. Guess I should start getting used to it. P.

[Kadywampus]

Originally Posted by Professor Moriarty

Good point. Thanks. My 5 year old proves me wrong again. Guess I should start getting used to it. P.

Just wait til she's 14 !

[NIB]

Originally Posted by Tagger

When you guys are talkin wet over wet your talkin createx not rattle cans right ? now I got a headache ..

No I was talkin bout cans.Several light coats.Freak did a picture thing of one of his first how too,'s thats how I basically do it.wet to wet an u can spray bout any compatible paint together without problems.Like I can use a krylon white an a rustoleum yellow the some krylon pearl wit some painters touch green on top.The coat it all with helmsmans spar urethane.all different but no problems.If u wait wit that lineup u will have trouble.I think the paint in the cans is much better than the water based stuff in the airgun.It seeems stronger bonds better.I have less liftoff problems as long as i wait.But the airbrush sastify's the artistic side of me.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by NIB

I think the paint in the cans is much better than the water based stuff in the airgun.It seeems stronger bonds better.I have less liftoff problems as long as i wait.But the airbrush sastify's the artistic side of me.

Dammm ,,must have missed that freak post,,, I been doing the rattle can base coat waiting a drying day and then doing the bells and whisels with the airbrush createx with good results .. just can't do it the other way around....."the artist side"

[justplugit]

Called Zinsser one time and they backed up what F.Freak said . When using their primer, shellac based, or oil based, spray your finished coats on within a 1/2 hr for the shellac based or 1 hr with the oilbased to get a good bond .
I like the shellac based as my sealer has some poly in it and is a little on the shiney side.

When using the createx i hit it with the hair dryer between each coat to heat set it, wait 24 hours and epoxy.

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by NIB

.Then coat it all with helmsmans spar urethane.all different but no problems.

Is the helmsmans what you use for a clear, the coat you scuff? Then you put the epoxy on right? You also wait 2 weeks before you do the epoxy. What is the difference between the helmsmans's spar urethane and say crystal clear enamal ? Paul

[NIB]

I was doin The Capesams all oil base thing.better paints.the spar stuff will amber so if i wnted white i would use crytsal clear krylon or a rustoleum clear.the results seemed similar

[Tagger]

I had better luck with the Rustoleum painters touch clear... My epoxy went coo coo on the krylon unless i didn't let it vent long enough... Helmans spar varnish is too damm yellow,,,looks like $#%t on a pearl white plug ..

[NIB]

Yea the spar it makes a nice white plug yellow.I have em sittin around a while on some plugs i never epoxied for one reason or another an its just about as strong as epoxy.If it didn't amber I would be usin it for the final coat.

[capesams]

tagger..

krylon is laquer//rust-o is enamel...the two fight each other.

[Tagger]

Thanks cs ... i put krylon clear over createx and systems 3 over that.. maybe i goofed up maybe not but the epoxy was jumping off the plug.. looked like a lava flow ..I have to learn rattle can eticut, i'm weak there.. maybe this winter..