Liquid Masking
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a couple of yrs ago the 3m stuff was $300 for 55 gal
If you can find 3m spraymask for 300 a drum…buy it. I’d buy every drum I can get my hands on for 300. The last time I checked 3m was around 800 a drum. I was buying an off brand(aquamask) at cost for 480 a drum. Now I’ve switched to Keystone…don’t know what the price is but they gave me the first drum for free. I use about 2 drums a year so that was a huge bonus from Keystone!
i believe the retail price on the afs stuff i use was about 800 a drum as well but i bought it on a blowout from my warehouse and i think i paid 400 for it. stone, i have tried this stuff on the floor and its too delicate. it scratches off to easily. in my old shop i tried the booth coating that you pull off before, on the walls not floor. that was a big mistake. i go back to use that booth once in a while if i get jammed up…its still on the walls and it ain’t comming off. anywhere its on too thin and you pick it off in little pieces. that stuff is expensive and extremely labor intensive to remove compared to the wash off kind. the white booth paper is the best thing for floors. rips right up, roll some new stuff down, tape the seams and your done…..brand new white floor!! i have also tried the stuff from evercoat on the walls. i really like it you just cant tough the walls because i leaves them slimy. it leaves a tacky film that catches dust, bugs and anything else. i have noticed a difference in how clean my jobs come out when i use it. that stuff rinses away as well. i just have to remember not to put it on the door! :lol1
[b]jim c wrote:[/b]
[quote]i believe the retail price on the afs stuff i use was about 800 a drum as well but i bought it on a blowout from my warehouse and i think i paid 400 for it. stone, i have tried this stuff on the floor and its too delicate. it scratches off to easily. in my old shop i tried the booth coating that you pull off before, on the walls not floor. that was a big mistake. i go back to use that booth once in a while if i get jammed up…its still on the walls and it ain’t comming off. anywhere its on too thin and you pick it off in little pieces. that stuff is expensive and extremely labor intensive to remove compared to the wash off kind. the white booth paper is the best thing for floors. rips right up, roll some new stuff down, tape the seams and your done…..brand new white floor!! i have also tried the stuff from evercoat on the walls. i really like it you just cant tough the walls because i leaves them slimy. it leaves a tacky film that catches dust, bugs and anything else. i have noticed a difference in how clean my jobs come out when i use it. that stuff rinses away as well. i just have to remember not to put it on the door! :lol1[/quote]Jim, do you remember the name of the kind you can pull off? Did you try and remove it with a pressure washer? I actually need something that is more durable than average, that will not come off if it got left out in a rain storm.
Brad Larsen
you know i dont remember. i thought it was the same company that i put the link of above. it was a booth coating though. i really dont think you want to put something on a car that you have to peel off then you will have to deal with overspray and everything else. i think you would be asking for trouble with anything that does not just rinse off. the peelable stuff will not pressure wash off by any means. its a tough deal and actually sticks pretty good thats why its still on the walls of my old booth.
I was using the USChemical booth coatin on the walls for a while. I have a raised basement downdraft and washin the stuff off was kinda a pain. last stuff I bought was a peel off coating from chemco (same people i et my filters from) http://www.chemcomfg.com/. It doesnt do on as clear as the washable stuff. its kinda milky looking but doesnt seem to affect the lighting at all. I did one change already and had my helper peel it off. he said it came off pretty easy. That stuff was about $100 for the 5gl pail.
As far as using the stuff to put on a car for masking I think its a waste of time and money. I know some shops that do it when the car first comes in to keep the body shop dust and primer overspray off but I think its just as easy to put a sheet of plastic over it.
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