Urethane Base Coat

When ready to spray, shake the automotive paint up and stir with a paint stick. Stain it right into the gun cup. Put on 2-3 medium wet coats or until covered, waiting a flash time of 10-20 minutes between coats. One final mist coat can be applied to make the metallic appear more even. You should not solvent clean or sand in between coats of base coat color. This automotive paint product does require to be clear coated within 7 days.

Acrylic Lacquer Clear Coat

Wait one hour of base coat color to dry before applying this automotive paint. It is very easy to use. When you are ready to spray, again, shake it up and stir it with a paint stick. Strain it with a strainer right in to the gun cup. A recommended tip size is 1.4. Now create a slow build one coat at a time. It will take 4 medium wet coats with a flash time of 5-10 minutes between coats.

Acrylic Urethane Clear Coat

This automotive paint has the highest quality. It is catalyzed, so do not let it sit in the gun too long. Clean your paint gun immediately to prevent damage. All solvent is added, and just a small amount of clear coat catalyst hardener has been provided. Again, mix this together in a separate plastic cup. It has a 4-1 clear coat to clear hardener ratio. You can apply 2 wet coats allowing the first coat to flash off for 5-10 minutes. If you use a third coat, the flash times need to increase to 10-15 minutes. The dust free time is around 20 minutes, if you need to buff this clear you can wet sand with 1500 and polished after 24 hours, and before 48 hours has elapsed.

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