[AT] Acrylic enamel paint hardner????Many Thanks!

[Robert L. Holtzer]

John, I painted my son's 8N using catalyzed paint.  It came out great -- 
nice shine and has looked good for several years now.  However, in some 
ways the most impressive thing about the catalyzed paint was the quick cure 
and hardening which allowed me to sand out a small run within a few hours 
after painting.  I've tried this with non-catalyzed paint and it just 
resulted in gumming up the sandpaper and a soft, porous spot in the paint 
which I could never make look good.  Painting over the sanded catalyzed 
paint resulted in a uniform result -- no residual from the run sanding 
whatever!

Bob Holtzer

At 08:35 AM 2/4/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks for all your quick responses....and probably more to come!  The 
>information helps a lot....even the stuff on orange peel.  The next test 
>for me will be the 9N I've got about ready to paint.  One think I'm going 
>to look for in town today is the "Majic" hardner suggested.  "Majic" is 
>just what I need!     John W.
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>At 04:59 AM 02/04/2005, you wrote:
>>John, I use a catalyst hardner with the name of MAJIC that will work with
>>all ALKYD type paint .It increases gloss, increases hardness and reduces
>>drying time and cost about $14.00 .Mix half a pint to one gallon of paint
>>and stir well . I painted two large storage cabinets on a 40 * day , 48
>>hours later they were put into use with a good proffesional look .Would
>>NEVER paint tractors , engines or anything else for that matter any other
>>way .
>>
>>Bo Hinch
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
>>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:40 AM
>>Subject: [AT] Acrylic enamel paint hardner????
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>> > 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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