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Color preserver
Posted by:
Duane Richards
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Date: June 25, 2005 02:30PM
How many coats do you like using, how long of a time between coats? do you thin yours? Re: Color preserver
Posted by:
David von Doehren
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Date: June 25, 2005 06:00PM
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I've been using Flex Coat straight out of bottle , 24 hrs. dry time, put it aside, and do work on something else, but it can be force dried in several hrs. Dave von Doehren PRRODS......If man built it , man can fix it.and if man built it man can break it ! Re: Color preserver
Posted by:
Shanon Hedgecock
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Date: June 25, 2005 07:43PM
I've been using the U-40 stuff with a drying time from 2-8 hours depending on the urgency of the build. No problems so far, but I know some guys here wouldn't suggest such a short dy time in between CP and epoxy (I use FC lite).
Shanon Re: Color preserver
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: June 25, 2005 08:09PM
Overthinning, or even thinning at all, can be a major mistake. If you find it manageable out of the bottle, use it full strength. If you do thin the water based preservers, use distilled water, not tap water. If you thin the urethane/acrylic types such as Gudebrod or Glass Coat, use alcohol. Go easy - the ratio of solids to solvent in any of these is pretty low. When you thin them, you reduce that amount even more. In many cases if you thin too much all you'll actually be putting on the threads will be water or alcohol, and neither one of those will seal your threads.
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Posted by:
austin sutch
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Date: June 25, 2005 11:09PM
I use flexcoat and thin the first coat about 20 percent. I believe I get better penetration. I let it set over 4 hours then apply a full strength second coat. It works for me. Re: Color preserver
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: June 25, 2005 11:28PM
I would think that when you thin CP, you are only getting more penetration of the liquid which is not what seals/preserves the color. The solids that are present in the CP is what does that, not the liquid. If you water down a shot of Jack, all you have is a weaker shot of Jack!!! By thinning CP, you just weaken it's ability to do it's job. If you think about it. if there was any advantage in diluting it, the manufacturer's would do it and save a lot of money in the process!\
Mike Re: Color preserver
Posted by:
Doug Moore
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Date: June 26, 2005 07:38AM
One heavy coat of Flex Coat. Wipe the brush with a paper towel then wisk away any excess. Let set until dry. Regards......Doug@ TCRds Re: Color preserver
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Anonymous User
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Date: June 27, 2005 09:00AM
One coat straight then hide the bottle until the next time you are forced to use the infernal elexir!
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