Basecoat cure times

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Markas
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Basecoat cure times

Post by Markas » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:26 pm

Have begun to tackle my (c)rusty undercarriage. Have taken the driver's side sill back to bare metal in the rusty bits, primed and applied stone chip. Have base- and clearcoats ready to go on, but have never used 2 stage systems before. Have painted Triumphs and Wolseleys previously which use solids - good old British Leyland Vehicle Colours :)
Can anyone tell me how long I should allow the basecoat to cure before applying the clearcoat? Basecoat is U-pol in a rattle can.
Mark
1999 Bongo 2.0L, Northstar Outback rear conversion
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Re: Basecoat cure times

Post by kloonsy » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:48 pm

In this warm weather as soon as it's matt. Don't leave it more than 6 hours before lacquering
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Re: Basecoat cure times

Post by Markas » Sat Oct 14, 2017 9:01 pm

kloonsy wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:48 pm In this warm weather as soon as it's matt. Don't leave it more than 6 hours before lacquering
Thanks for that. I'm making the most of the weather this weekend.
Didn't do the job during the summer as I should have done when I first got the van as I was too busy trekking off everywhere in it having fun!!
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Re: Basecoat cure times

Post by Markas » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:07 pm

Thanks for the advice Kloonsy, it worked a treat. No more scabby driver's sill :)
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1999 Bongo 2.0L, Northstar Outback rear conversion
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