When you’re mixing clear coat for cars, you always want to mix extra because you don’t want to have to be in the middle of a clear coat job and not have any clear. Once you mix that up you can’t put it back in the can and save it for another day. Don’t put it back in the unmixed clear container, because you’re going to mess it up. Enough time to paint your car and finish your job.īe sure to clean out your gun after you’re done spraying the clear coat and get rid of the rest of the clear. So, with clear coat, you have a pot life which could be from six to eight hours depending on the ambient temperature. You can’t add reducer, mix it up and re-spray it. Watch the video as I show you a sample of clear which is a couple of days old. It starts to catalyze, starts to crystallize and you can’t use it no more. Pot life means the certain amount of time it remains usable before it goes bad. When you do that, you have something called a pot life. You have to mix clear coats with an activator and a reducer. It’s a different story when it comes down to clear coats. You may need to add 5% more reducer, mix it up a little, then use it. If you have it up there for a couple of years and you want to use it up again, you might just need to change the consistency. It will last another couple of years without a problem. If you have leftover, you could absolutely put that back in the can, store it and put it back on the shelf. 1 pint of reducer and pint of base, mix it up and there’s your paint. All you do is add reducer in base coats for the mixing ratio.īecause you’re not adding any catalyst or hardener or an activator, you don’t have to worry about hardening.īase coats are always mixed with reducers, a 50:50 ratio. So if you’re doing any kind of base coat. In the above video, I have the Omni Plus, the regular base coat. So, the question was, “Tony, if I mix paints, base coats and stuff, how long can I wait? Can I store it on the side for a little while and then use the paint?”Ī LABAP subscriber is kind of getting confused with the storage of paints. Actually, two of them, which is the reason why made me make this video. I have a quick little Q&A for you here about mixing paints and the pot life for them. Hey it’s Tony here… Thanks for watching this video and checking out the blog today. Automotive Paint Mixing Facts – How To Mix Paint and Pot Life
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