Does anyone have any experience mixing Prestec with Duratec additive 904-001 to improve flow-out

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 9:31:11 AM UTC-4, KEN wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience mixing Prestec with Duratec additive 904-001 to improve flow-out

No experience with the additive. I did completely refinish my Std Cirrus this winter using Prestec. You can view the process at the Sid Cirrus Yahoo Group site. It is a folder titled 209 project.

It turned out nice. Sprayed with conventional gravity feed gun. Added 30 percent acetone to aid flow out

Lane

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 8:29:22 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 9:31:11 AM UTC-4, KEN wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience mixing Prestec with Duratec additive 904-001 to improve flow-out
>
> No experience with the additive. I did completely refinish my Std Cirrus this winter using Prestec. You can view the process at the Sid Cirrus Yahoo Group site. It is a folder titled 209 project.
>
> It turned out nice. Sprayed with conventional gravity feed gun. Added 30 percent acetone to aid flow out
>
> Lane

No experience with the Duratec additive. In my experience, the best way to get it to flow out is to use a good quality slow flash lacquer thinner like Dupont 3602S. Use many thin coats to avoid sagging and overthin the last coat to help everything lay down.

Craig is right. I followed his advice when I painted my Tetra and it came out great.

Brad
GK

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 9:31:11 AM UTC-4, KEN wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience mixing Prestec with Duratec additive 904-001 to improve flow-out

Thanks for the reply's. To Craig or Brad: I have used a slow lacquer thinner, it was ok but not as good a flow-out as I would like, I used about 8 to 10 %. Do you use more than that?

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 2:01:16 PM UTC-7, KEN wrote:
> On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 9:31:11 AM UTC-4, KEN wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience mixing Prestec with Duratec additive 904-001 to improve flow-out
>
> Thanks for the reply's. To Craig or Brad: I have used a slow lacquer thinner, it was ok but not as good a flow-out as I would like, I used about 8 to 10 %. Do you use more than that?

I thin first coats to about the consistency of 2% milk. Last coat, skim milk. I've never measured percentage, but I think Simtec does have recommendations regarding viscosity & you can use a viscosity cup to check it. You may also want to do some sample panels with a range of viscosity.

The very first coat needs to be just a tack coat (mist the area) & let that cure for a bit so that the first full coat has something to hang onto. Otherwise that first coat just runs off.

Cheers,
Craig