Joe
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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..
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.
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!
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