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cumbriasteve
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Tried them on some railings, waste of time.
Chickenjohn
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You need a paint oven with flowing warm air in order to dry water based paints properly.
Not great for the amateur!
Not great for the amateur!
gordsgarage
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Hi molten, I am not a painter however I regularly use the brush on oil based Tremcald. I am unsure if the UK carries Tremclad, or if you know what I am talking about but...they recently added a water based product to their line up. I tried it on a metal table I built and it was terrible, the coverage was horrible, and it didn't flow in nearly as well as the oil based stuff. Tremclads oil based line up is fantastic however I will never use their water based paints again. Not sure if this helps.
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langy
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I've tried them at home with varying degrees of sucess, it needs to be warm and have air flowing over the panel.
I stil much prefer the 2k products, seem to get much better results from them plus the water based has to be covered with 2k lacquer anyway.
I stil much prefer the 2k products, seem to get much better results from them plus the water based has to be covered with 2k lacquer anyway.
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its fine if you have the proper gear and training , but id avoid it while you can for home use
you still have to use the isocyanite primers and clear if you were thinking you would get around the breathing gear , plus it stinks to high heavens
you still have to use the isocyanite primers and clear if you were thinking you would get around the breathing gear , plus it stinks to high heavens
Tremclad is miracle stuff IMHO! The British equivalent is Rustoleum, available from, among other places, Avenue Coatings near Heathrow Airport. Not sure if they offer a water based variant yet though.
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we use water base on all cars ,as all cars are done in water base these days.yes you need a oven booth and blowers .The blowers we use are these 6 blowers mounted up near the oven lights.yes you can use water base at home .You will need to dry your water base out before clear coat.i have known some people use a leaf blower to dry there water base out.
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whats the point in using it when u have to use 2k primer and clear coat 
just use 2k through out .keep it simple
just use 2k through out .keep it simplewhats the point in using it when u have to use 2k primer and clear coat
I never understood this either. The fella who painted my car loves waterbased paints, too bad I bought him solvent based paint for my car
