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Old 01-01-2014, 12:27 PM
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Flash and dry are two different things. When it flashes its still sticky.
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:28 PM
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Either way its 15 min flash between base coats I got one down and was like wtf then I thought ha
i was so pissed in school...i painted a truck...got it looking like glass...then the damn teacher turned off the booth -______- got cold as hell in there i came back the next day and there was a run on the damn fender and bedside
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:28 PM
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Yep 8 hr dry time. 65 ° at 20% humidity we can't hand it over to the customers sooner.
Such bodyshop pro
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:29 PM
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Flash and dry are two different things. When it flashes its still sticky.
lol wut? you really have no experence
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:30 PM
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Flash and dry are two different things. When it flashes its still sticky.
base coat isn't sticky at all between coats that's what flashing is the solvents flash out therefore that coat is "dry"

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i was so pissed in school...i painted a truck...got it looking like glass...then the damn teacher turned off the booth -______- got cold as hell in there i came back the next day and there was a run on the damn fender and bedside
haha gotta love runs time to break out a nibbing file shave it down then get wetsanding
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:31 PM
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base coat isn't sticky at all between coats that's what flashing is the solvents flash out therefore that coat is "dry"

haha gotta love runs time to break out a nibbing file shave it down then get wetsanding
I'm talking clear
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:32 PM
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lol wut? you really have no experence
Haha I'd hire him

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I'm talking clear
I'm talking base coat... I wouldn't have made it to clear with no heat
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:32 PM
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base coat isn't sticky at all between coats that's what flashing is the solvents flash out therefore that coat is "dry"



haha gotta love runs time to break out a nibbing file shave it down then get wetsanding
yea it was a 6'' long run...i was so pissed lol...im not shy with clear coat lol...here are pics of the finished product





we did a lot of work to that truck
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:33 PM
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Haha I'd hire him

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I'm talking base coat... I wouldn't have made it to clear with no heat
Your shops not constantly heated?

They were giving me shit because we give it 8 hrs before we hand over painted vehicles to customers.
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:33 PM
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:34 PM
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pork sauerkraut and mashed potatoes for dinner...yum yum
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:34 PM
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:35 PM
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pork sauerkraut and mashed potatoes for dinner...yum yum
Sounds delicious DJ. Do you ever use brown sugar with the kraut?
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:35 PM
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Old 01-01-2014, 12:35 PM
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