Water based paint?
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Green Springs, OH
A lot of new automotive paints are water based. Depends on the type you use. Thank the epa. Doing it for environment. Low voc's. You can still get acrylic paints and others. I am not a body guy but my neighbor is. I think the water based paints require a fancier booth setup for paint temps and cure temps. I have worked on a couple make up air units serving these types if booths. I coiukd be way off though as I am no expert in auto body. Just know that water based has been used for some time now.
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Joined: Dec 2018
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From: Katy Texas
Really bummed when 3m discontinued the accuspray turbines. Those things were great for the garage “do it yourselfers” and for the mobile reconditioning guys. I use a fuji spray now, and though it sprays phenomenally, it kicks off way too much overspray. Miss my old accuspray set up....
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Joined: Aug 2018
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Really bummed when 3m discontinued the accuspray turbines. Those things were great for the garage “do it yourselfers” and for the mobile reconditioning guys. I use a fuji spray now, and though it sprays phenomenally, it kicks off way too much overspray. Miss my old accuspray set up....
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