Glad to have you, Steve.
With you posting in the daytime where you are, I'll have something to read at night when I can't get to sleep.

MatadorMkV wrote:
So yeah, I gotta say outgassing as well from what little I know. I guess as with any other kind of paint work, it's all about the prep, cleanliness, and taking your time...cause if you don't, it'll just take more time in the long run.

Wash your mouth out with soap.

SmartWerks wrote:
Yorkshire is a bit different from the rest of the uk

Is that like the puppy or the pudding?

Blow off your clothing with compressed air - especially cotton. Wipe down with acetone? That stuff can/will leave a film and the cloth (wipe cloth) may leave lint behind - even the 'lint free' kind. Use it to cut through the major contaminates but finish the job with a mist of denatured alcohol. Loo...

duke46 wrote:Look at your RAL chart 5021 or 5018 and see what you think?

Close, Duke.
Anything that might work is a transparent. Same issues.

Thanks.
Now I have a link to the RAL colors.

[SM]Juan wrote:Why not shoot the primer, then your base color (white, silver, chrome, etc) and then the candy top coat?

Cost. Plus not having a Wagner (or other pro-gun). The customer is on a budget and this is a door-opener. If this works out there may be more work that he can put a more accurate mark-up on.

This customer has some 1/4" plate pieces that will live in San Diego - a project for the Navy. High salt spray environment. These are mounting plates for the equipment he makes. They will not be 'in the water'. We found what looks like the perfect color to match his company color - Deep turquoise bl...

He's grabbed a lot of email addresses and is sending messages out to us with a 'thanks for your interest' message.
Clever tactic but unappreciated.


Dano

Don't mess with our Duke.
You may not like his delivery but his advice and willingness to spend hours researching are priceless.

Dano

My least favorite words are "just" and "simply". "Can't you just...." or "Why not Simply...". I'm always tempted to tell them "that won't work" and I know it won't because if it did, they would still be doing it in their own shop. If a customer knows what they are doing, that's one thing. They know ...