[AT] Acrylic enamel paint hardner????

[Spencer Yost]

I'll tell you what I know from experience:

1 - It is clear
2 - It will add gloss to the finished paint(so if you are looking for semi
gloss look, don't start with a semi-glass paint.  You'll end up with
something close to high gloss.  Start with a semi gloss and add a touch of
flattening paint first)
3 - It will tack off in about the same time but final cure will be sooner

Now I will tell you what I am guessing:

I have been told it a polyurethane based catalyst, so I presume a chemical
reaction and not just a component in the paint that dries hard.

Hope this helps,

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
Plow the Net!
http://www.atis.net

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On 2/4/2005 at 2:40 AM John Wilkens wrote:

>I found some fast dry acrylic equipment enamel that I like real well--and 
>at a great price.  It's made by Nason.  The paint dealer (Baxter Auto)
>said 
>any acrylic enamel paint hardner would work fine with it.  Question is,
>how 
>does the hardner work?  Is it just a clear liquid that mixes with the
>paint 
>and dries a lot harder, or does it somehow chemically react with the paint

>to make it cure to a harder finish---something like two-part epoxy 
>paint?  I've asked this question at the local paint shops, and even to
>some 
>auto paint guys but they never seem to be able to answer this 
>question.  All suggestions will be most welcome!   John W. ...still 
>striving for something better than the usual orange peel paint job!
>
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