Paint question

[Gareth Coe]

I've got a new tin of paint, not from my usual supplier (long story...)

Anyroadup: it says on the tin "Product Type: 2K" followed by "2K PAINT COLOUR PRODUCT TYPE 2K - mix 1 part colour 1 part act 20% thinners"

Does this mean I need to add something (act = activator?) else as well as thinners? I've only ever used cellulose paint before, so this is all new to me. I'm sure one of you ever-so-clever chaps out there can help me :confused:

 

Confused of Colchester

(AKA Gareth )

[ivor]

I've got a new tin of paint, not from my usual supplier (long story...)

Anyroadup: it says on the tin "Product Type: 2K" followed by "2K PAINT COLOUR PRODUCT TYPE 2K - mix 1 part colour 1 part act 20% thinners"

Does this mean I need to add something (act = activator?) else as well as thinners? I've only ever used cellulose paint before, so this is all new to me. I'm sure one of you ever-so-clever chaps out there can help me :confused:

 

Confused of Colchester

(AKA Gareth )

 

Yes, as it says you should have got an activator with your paint. Go back and get it from the supplier. 2K means 2 pack in laymans terms

[john fox]

I thought 2 pack paint was very dangerous to use and that the activator is the poisonous bit?

When i used to do spraying at the museum we were never allowed to use it even though we used full forced air circulating facemasks not basic respirators.

[rambo1969]

Yep, it's 2 pack, VERY dangerous, when I used it to spray my classic cars I used to use a british army gas mask!

TBH, your better off with synthetic paint, won't kill you and you can thin it with white spirit.

[snowtracdave]

Gareth - think you need to get the paint changed . You'll need to be using full professional kit with forced air respiration & be working inside a spray unit to prevent atmospheric pollution to use the stuff you've got & particularly if you value your health .

[Gareth Coe]

Thanks for the feedback people! Looks like I'm going to leave this stuff well alone and get something a little less scary

 

:thanx:

[79x100]

There are isocyanate-free 2-packs available and brush or roller finishing reduces the risk.

 

The nice thing about 2-pack is that it's pretty well fuel resistant and doesn't normally react with existing finishes.

[AlienFTM]

when I used it to spray my classic cars I used to use a british army gas mask!

 

Flashback to Osnabruck in the mid-80s.

 

The bathroom sink drain had been getting slower and slower. One evening, Wor Lass decided to take executive action. When a full bottle of bleach did nothing, she tried a full bottle of Domestos. Big mistake.

 

She wandered into the front room and said, in that innocent way women do when they know they cannot blame it on us, "Alien ... I think I have done something silly." She told me what she had done. I smelt chlorine. I leapt to the bedroom, grabbed my S6 from my Active Edge kit and it was on in the flash you'd expect after ten years' practice.

 

I went into the bathroom and shut the door behind me, then opened the window.

 

It was a hot summer night and apart from the respirator, I was wearing only cut-off jeans and flip-flops. I grabbed the plumber's mate, mounted the bath and attacked the sink with vigour. Then I looked up and out of the window ... to see my neighbour's wife walk by, looking in with an expression that screamed, "Whatever tickles your fancy."

 

The blockage was cleared, all vestiges flushed away and the window left open for half an hour. then I carried out a sniff test and reduced the NBC state back to Green.

 

Maybe you had to be there.

[Stormin]

Not ALL 2 pack paints are the nasty isocyanate stuff. I used some on the 101 chassis that was safe just used a normal canister respirator and sprayed it outside.

 

Check out with your supplier what type it is before condemning it! You can also pick up decent respirator that'll do the job off ebay for not too much money. Just make sure it's the right type.

[Stormin]

Flashback to Osnabruck in the mid-80s.

 

The bathroom sink drain had been getting slower and slower. One evening, Wor Lass decided to take executive action. When a full bottle of bleach did nothing, she tried a full bottle of Domestos. Big mistake.

 

She wandered into the front room and said, in that innocent way women do when they know they cannot blame it on us, "Alien ... I think I have done something silly." She told me what she had done. I smelt chlorine. I leapt to the bedroom, grabbed my S6 from my Active Edge kit and it was on in the flash you'd expect after ten years' practice.

 

I went into the bathroom and shut the door behind me, then opened the window.

 

It was a hot summer night and apart from the respirator, I was wearing only cut-off jeans and flip-flops. I grabbed the plumber's mate, mounted the bath and attacked the sink with vigour. Then I looked up and out of the window ... to see my neighbour's wife walk by, looking in with an expression that screamed, "Whatever tickles your fancy."

 

The blockage was cleared, all vestiges flushed away and the window left open for half an hour. then I carried out a sniff test and reduced the NBC state back to Green.

 

Maybe you had to be there.

 

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