List;
One suggestion is to buy an empty paint can from Home Depot or somewhere and
store the can of leftover activator inside. Pound the outside can lid on
gently and it should seal airtight. A Mason or Ball home canning jar is also
good but they don't hold as big a can inside.
For really good humidity protection, you can toss in a bag or two of
dessicant before you seal the outer can lid. Silica gel dessicant is used to
keep military stuff dry and sometimes small bags of it also come in
electronics packages.
Bake the silica gel bags in an oven for a few hours at around 300F to drive
off the moisture ("activate" the dessicant) and then use it immediately. It
absorbs the water vapor (humidity) out of the air inside the can. There is
usually a red/blue indicator in mil-spec bags that show when it needs to be
re-activated.
This works for any hygroscopic material such as brake fluid, etc., where
"dry is better."
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ where it's 108 degrees but only 12% relative
humidity
-----Original Message-----
From: LGMCAFEE@aol.com [mailto:LGMCAFEE@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:40 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Imron paint
In a message dated 6/18/02 1:28:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
wester6935@attbi.com writes:
<< Our local guys, Monte Widdison and Ed Shearer are very knowledgeable
about
paint.
Monte says that the activator is like brake fluid, very susceptible to
moisture and moisture is the thing that starts the chemical reaction with
the paint. If you are in a higher humidity area, the activator goes bad
that much faster. Your experience is consistent with those facts ...
worked
well when fresh, no good when it was just a month old. Chances are that if
you get new activator and use it immediately you will have no further
problems with duPont Imron paint. And this was advice from a PPG paint
man.
Wes
>>
Wes this could very well be the problem (high humidity) we have plenty of
that in Mo. I just never had that problem before, what can be done to solve
that problem other than to use a new bottle of activator each time which I
can't afford to do. Thanks Larry Mac
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