Acrylic or two pac

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vmx-mxr
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Acrylic or two pac

Post by vmx-mxr »

A quick question?

Apart from all the known hazards of painting with two systems which both have their own carcinogenic issues what do most of the HOME painters on the forum favour.

EKjimmy and his sponsor (me) will be embarking on a respray of his 'new' sedan in the not too distant future and while I like two pac I still lean toward acrylic for it's old fashioned practicality and ease of use.

Comments from the floor please ...........

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Acrylic, for ease of use and repair :D , Trev 8) .
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No paint expert here ( I know Jack Shit about paint :oops: :oops: :oops: ) but acrylic is my choice because of it's similarity to the original finish although a mate has talked me into 2 pac on my chev EK.
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Post by blue ute »

Besides being illegal to spray at home, there are far more dangers to the health spraying 2pak outside a controlled environment - ie a commercial spray booth.
You can get a very good looking finish with acrylic - just more work to keep it looking very good.
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Post by Devilrod »

Acrylic's served me well for what I do and I'm no painter...
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Post by vmx-mxr »

Yeah - I think I will steeer to Acrylic (again).
I do bikes in two pac and it is messy shit too. Goes everywhere and stays put - to say nothing about it's toxicity !!!

Acrylic is somewhat safer but toluene as one of it's thinning ingredients is a known carcinogen so don't do what we did for years and wash yourself with it :shock:

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Post by matches »

i agree with the rest, acrylic.
sump and diff oil is also a known carsonagen but we still get thats shyt all over us (well i always end up doing so :roll: :lol: :oops: )
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i'm a dead man :shock:
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