using 2k base coat

[langy]

thought i would chime in here.

We use a dry system for flatting primer

320 abranet strips for blocking primer repairs, followed by a guide coat and either 400 or 500 on the D.A., we do this daily on around 50 cars a month and dont have any problems. Reason i prefer 400 disc to 500 is it is much quicker and the lifespan of the disc is much longer. I have never had a problem with 400 disc usage.

Not used a wet system for about 5 years now, when i used wet we would flat with 600 or 800.

I used six hundered for many years and as long as you had a softener in the water bucket, i never had a problem, though i did move up to 800 in later years.

Some of the cheaper paints on the very odd occasion would show a track mark from the block. But this was usually down to over zealous blocking.



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To be honest I don't know of any decent painter that wet flats these days, everybody is doing it dry. The 400 on a DA would be equivalent to 800 anyway.

 

[Daz2012]

I must be indecent then

 

[langy]

I must be indecent then

Not saying its wrong at all, just saying all the people I deal with dry flat, like you said your dealing with dailys where its not going to be a problem really is it ?They are all custom painters and won't take the chance on such an expensive paint job. The more you can keep micro blistering away the better