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I want to spray one coat of clear over 4 coats of older clear that has been there for a year now , then cut and polish. When sanding the new layer of clear the if I sand down into the old clear, will...

What is a good way to get rid of the sure finish that gets splashed around and hardens in areas like trim, mouldings, ect. It leaves white traces like when you don't get all the wax when you wax your...

I've got one, I use it for removing swirl marks. It works great for that. No skill required, Just apply sure finish and move the tool over the area. Swirl marks are history. For buffing I use makita...

thats great, thanks for the info, learned a little more about painting today. I guess its true, you learn by doing !

So should I dump the extra clear out and clean the gun before each spray ? I thought I would have more than 90 minutes to work with it before it kicked. Sorry if this seems dumb, but the paint is...

To paint a medium car hood takes me about 5 ounces of clear for one coat. I like to have a little extra so I mixed up 8 ounces. Sprayed it on and it was looking good. I had 3 ounces left in the gun....

I want to get some adhesion promoter to paint plastics, and while at it I would like it to help with some paint where it is very hard to get to. Example, I have a motorcycle with a lot of black on...

A good air booth will have between 50 to 100 feet of horizontal air movement per minute. 15 feet x 14 feet high x say 75 = 15750 cfm of air flow needed. To get the air heated up with an airmake up...

Thanks, hopefully I won't have to do it in the future ! How long should a person wait after painting the base coat before trying this ?

Yesterday when spraying the base coat I moved the gun the wrong way and got a nice bloch in the paint in one spot, kind of a heavy run. Because it was on my third coat on a rather large surface I...

Today I was cleaning my motorcycle . the bottom plastics were grimy and greasy . First I used paint thinner and a brush to get the most of it off, then I switched to using the dupont dewaxer and...

is there any benefit to using wax, does the clear really need it for protection ? what is the difference between a wax and a glaze ? I've heard that solvents can still becoming out of the paint even...

Is a wax needed on a base\clearcoat paint ? If so, how long should a person wait after a new paint job to apply it ? What are the best types of waxes for durability, shine, protection ?:steering:

Also, the legnth of the room does not affect the heat required much, if the building is insulated, because once the air is heated it is heated and just travels from one end of the building to exit at...

A proper paint booth heater puts out 1 to 1.5 million btu/hour. To run a paint booth with a good exhaust fan running with fresh air make up at 32 degree f outside air would take about 350000 to...

I think the best way to put it is I want a red that shines like a ferrari. :D

Question about getting a good shine. I painted my motorcycle with nason base/clear. The color is red and I was very happy with the color of the red. I used a da with 800/1200/1500 to level the clear...

you can buy a brand new devilbiss plus gun with 3 tips for $270.

dropped my sata fluid tip on the hard concrete floor and now it is bent. where can I buy a needle and 1.3 tip without being robbed ? thanks.

tradename stuff to use is alodine. dupont sells it. two part, part a is ss5s aluminum prefinishing system. basically an acid etch. part 2 is a conversion coating - 226s. exactly what aluminum needs...

Thanks for the answer Len. I was going to take it apart to see what makes it tick. My hutchins da was a little slow and it turned out the output filter was plugged. took it off and wow, what a...

Today I got a used hutchins 16 inch longboard reciprocating airsander. I also have a hutchins 16 inch longboard orbital airsander. Here is my question. when I ust the orbital sander it just sands...

2 stage compressors are better at getting rid of heat. air is compressed by the first stage piston first, then travels thru a copper pipe to the next piston. the copper pipe usually snakes its way by...

I would go with 3/4 or even 1 inch copper line. very light and easy to work with. threading pipe is time consuming, even if the store does it for you you are stuck with that legnth of pipe, so if you...

thanks Len, and yes Dennis, I forgot to mention I will be using a Hutchins 4500 da.

Len, I just purchased a makita 9227 buffer , finishing film disks, and surefinish from you about a week ago. Now I see 3m is recommending trizac disks after the finishing film disks with no wool...

so far airvantage 4 - waterbug 0 . very interesting.

I am going to purchase an orbital sander for colorsanding. which one would be better. the airvantage 6 inch or the hutchins waterbug wet sander. the hutchins costs about $100 more but I'm wondering...