Going from RM Onyx to BMW Colorsystem,spies solven
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With the Axalta line of waterborne you are better of doing it without a ground coat. It really shouldn’t need the ground coat. It’s just a matter of getting enough paint on, the more you use the product the better of a idea of how much paint you need. You really want to try to get it wright on the first shot with this system
We’re supposed to be switching the middle of November. I’m going for training in 2 weeks, can’t wait. So far it’s smoothing out but I do miss my old system. I’ve heard really good things about the new system though. I just hope the colors match a little better so we can get rid of the spies solvent. They use that as a crutch here whenever there’s a color match issue and I feel like the metallics lay down like crap.
It should be better for you! One thing I do that seems to help me is in most colors medium to dark metalics I leave a bit of the black out. I find most of the colors are a bit to dark. If need be I add it back in. Hopefully you get a color deck with the new system.
Also I really like the new Aquire RX camera for silvers. I have really good luck wild carding them.
Just finished up training on the next gen colorsystem and it seems like it’s an awesome product. Hopefully it works as well in the field as it did in the training center.
I really like it. What stood out to you the most over the first gen?
The biggest thing is the ability to come back to your work if necessary. It just all around seems to be a better product.
We just got the new generation color system in the shop this week and I’m loving it. I’ve had a few hiccups but nothing too bad. I love the way the metallics lay out and the fact that l can go back over and fix a dirt spot or other imperfection.
Glad it’s going well for you! Are you baking the base? Do you have colour decks? Camera?
Which clear coats are you using, and how do they compare to the RM ones?Also kinda curios what do the tonner cans say on them,is it labeled BMW?
[quote=”jim” post=37557]Glad it’s going well for you! Are you baking the base? Do you have colour decks? Camera?
Which clear coats are you using, and how do they compare to the RM ones?[/quote]
We don’t have towers in our booth, just stand mounted blowers, so I have to pretty much bake the base. Where I used to work we had towers in the booth and that would make this pain lightning quick. We have color decks and a camera. The color decks are pretty close and the camera works pretty well.
We use color system hs clear and it’s the best clear I’ve ever sprayed. I do miss my DC01NB clear and UV primer though.
Everything is labeled with a BMW part number. According to our rep color system is better than Standoblue, but they’re similar. We all know what that means.
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