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Re: Imron paint

To: LGMCAFEE@aol.com
Subject: Re: Imron paint
From: Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:09:51 -0700
You may have to resort to fisheye remover if you have tried
everything else & it didn't work. Also, I use an inline water
trap at the gun (the disposable ones) to get that last drop
that managed to sneak through.
Ed

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:39:35 EDT
>From: LGMCAFEE@aol.com  
>Subject: Re: Imron paint  
>To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>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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