how much difference is water to solvent
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realy thinking about changing to water
i have bought air dryers etc but ……
how different is the application i am a 1 man band so have no one to show me
i will prob be using ppg enviro or standox standohyd or mipa wb
will be applyong with a 1.3 iwata ws400 or sata 2000 with wsb set up
any pointers?
thanks
tommy
It depends on your spray enviorment really. If you have a booth with good airflow I like it better. If you spray in a garage I would stick with solvent.
As far as brands go I have never sprayed Mipa, but I have sprayed the other two. I would pick Standox over PPG. I like the Standox line very well.
Of what I have used of water though I would go with Lesonal or Sikkens personally. I haven’t used every brand so keep that in mind.
Might want to look into Debeer. I know Andy T uses it and seems to like it. I think he said it is priced well over there.
Tommy, spraying WB is quite a bit different to solvent, but not necessarily harder. As Ryan says, if you’ve got a booth with a decent airflow, then you’re laughing really.
Exact technique varies a little from product to product, but on the whole a light – half coat is applied first and allowed to flash, then you go on nice and wet with your full coat/coats, followed again by a lighter drop coat to even it all out.
I’d also recommend you look into DeBeer too. Very well priced, and the back up from them is superb. I’ve never tried Lesonal, but heard good things about it, and I used a little bit of Mipa some time ago and was reasonably impressed.
What I’d suggest is see which one of them is willing to provide a little training for you. Even if they only come up and spend a day with you you’ll learn valuable lessons 🙂
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