From: Mike Maynard (mike@wesleyscott.com)
Date: Tue May 31 2005 - 12:02:35 PDT
I do find it interesting that people would actually go against the
manufacture's suggestions on what to use to thin the paint with. I for one,
certainly would not knowing all the work involved in painting a vehicle.
What if something goes wrong? What if it turns pink? All this gripe about
the Aervoe paint, and yet, people think its acceptable to thin with anything
they can pull off the shelf?
Now... being that I said this, remember, I am aware that some people have
had trouble with Aervoe just brushing it and using no thinner. I am not
saying the paint is great... or even good. It just happens to have fallen
in the middle of a thinner discussion as well.
Mike
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From: chance wolf [mailto:chance_wolf@shaw.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:54 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Aervoe Paint - Keeping fingers crossed....
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From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Aervoe Paint - Keeping fingers crossed....
> In fact lacquer thinner put on a dried enamel will generally remove the
> enamel eventually. You cannot apply lacquer paint over enamel paint
> since it will cause the enamel to lift and really make a mess of the
> paint job. I would suggest using plan old "paint thinner" available
> from the hardware store to thin enamel paint.
I tried the good old paint thinner from the hardware store, but I found it
didn't seem to evaporate fast enough for the conditions I typically paint
under. If I had to describe the effect, I'd have to say it "wouldn't stick"
to the surface to be painted, and just sort of ran everywhere. I tried
different ratios of paint/thinner, different HVLP gun settings - you name
it, I tried it. That's pretty much why I've stuck with the Xylene-based
thinners since then. Could be I've missed something very basic when
spraying with good old paint thinner, but...nothing leaps to mind.
Someone asked about hardener, but I couldn't tell to whom it was directed.
The Gillespie and Aervoe stuff I've used is single-component (no hardener),
though I understand the 'real' CARC as used by the military is
two-component. The Industrial Enamel I have custom-mixed is likewise
single-component because the vehicles are always repainted different colours
for different productions, so I'm always putting the lid back on the can for
later use. Works better this way because I don't have to worry about
lifting earlier layers of paint when I have to respray.
(as to the 'lifting' properties of Lacquer-thinned paint, yes, I've come
across that on helmets and stuff - or recently-repainted vehicles - but not
so much the ones which have been baking in the sun for a few years. Again,
I plan on pretty much avoiding it altogether now unless I'm cornered by some
unreasonable deadline and run out of goodstuff.)
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