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  • December 23, 2009 at 6:46 pm #18218

    I used BASF water for about 6 months before switching to Sikkens. Their is no comparison between the two. Sikkens is light years ahead of what BASF has. Sanding the base in BASF can turn into a nightmare if you are not very careful. Takes forever to dry even with blower, and from what I have seen I am not sure it ever drys 100%. Having cars come back after a month or two the clear doesnt look near as good as it did when it leaves, and its not die back. The base must stay soft so if you get a kind of impact, bugs, small rocks, it leaves a mark. Didnt have that problem when we were spraying Diamont. Blending is okay with Basf, and color match was decent. But the dry time alone has paid for itself a few times over with Sikkens. Plus I really like the 250 clear. We are getting on average 1 more car through the booth a day compared to BASF..

    December 15, 2009 at 8:25 pm #17933

    It could be used with out a booth, but would be a pain. I have been on water almost a year now.. We started with BASF and switched to Sikkens mid year. I tried both Dupont and PPG water earlier this year. Both work, but their undercoats and clears both suck in my opinion. I was PPG years ago when DBC was just coming out and their clears havent changed much.. I agree with Ryan that autowave and 250 clear has the best out of gun look of them all. Just dont plan on flat sanding and buff it, gets very hard quickly. We have been using HS+ LV clear for most of our work. Switching was the best thing I have done in a few years.. Cant say I would go back to solvent. Would take some extreme conditions to use solvent again.

    December 13, 2009 at 11:54 pm #17813

    So far my numbers are up 10% from last year, not bad.. I was figuring to be down again this year.. Hopefully this trend continues for us.. Shops are closing in this area, so that will help some..

    November 5, 2009 at 7:53 pm #16793

    Hey that combine looks familiar, we have a 9650 🙂 yeah I heard about that one.. doesnt look that combine has gps dont see the dome..

    October 24, 2009 at 8:25 pm #16565

    If someone put my name on my car I would not be happy 🙂 Would of made you take it off! The stuff you guys can get away with up there!

    October 17, 2009 at 2:05 am #16462

    Have to keep in mind HP has two lines.. The ones at the box stores are junk.. Dell has really gone down the tubes as well..

    October 15, 2009 at 6:28 pm #16458

    Go with HP this time around and dont buy one from the box stores.. Go with the professional series. They have a 3 year warranty and still come with xp with a free upgrade to Windows 7.. Prices may actually be less than Dell..

    October 9, 2009 at 3:01 am #16339

    This thing done yet 🙂

    October 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm #16308

    Yeah napa sells clear, 15410 or 15420, I think the new numbers are FC410/420.. I have used both and they work well. Virtually no die back and you cant beat the price. Bondo can give you more info on these products.

    October 3, 2009 at 7:27 pm #16229

    Finally getting it done I see 🙂 How much time you have in that quarter so far? What was replacement?

    September 8, 2009 at 6:19 pm #15806

    Looks awesome! Nice Job!

    September 8, 2009 at 3:11 am #15784

    Looks good! That guy is getting a deal! I will get some pictures of that farmall up when we get it finished up.. Waiting on tires and few odds and ends

    September 4, 2009 at 7:49 pm #15677

    I have been following this thread for a bit.. It really sounds to me that you dont have the right equipment for the job, that compressor will not get the job done unless you paint one panel at a time.. And with the color you want to do that will not work.. I would stay away from black, if you bodywork isnt perfect it will show up big time.. I would say on the cheap you will be looking at 500 in materials.. Thats a big job, plan on spending many hours out in the garage!

    August 26, 2009 at 11:55 pm #15544

    How much cleanup time are you going to have on that used quarter? Or is it pretty straight…

    August 26, 2009 at 2:04 am #15526

    Thats funny! I just got done doing one hit in the same place, same year to! Had it in and out in 7 days.. It goes fast, they are pretty easy to work on.

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