[AT] Acrylic enamel paint hardner????

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Fri Feb 4 12:18:16 PST 2005


Yep Ron,  I agree that Imron is good stuff.  DuPont has an industrial 
division that makes polyurethanes for industrial applications.  I don't have 
a DuPont catalog around here and I can't remember if they call it Imron in 
the industrial line or not.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald L. Cook" <rlcook at pionet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Acrylic enamel paint hardner????


>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ron,
>>
>> But doesn't Dulux have it's own hardner that is manufactured for use with 
>> it?
>
> Could be now.  This was in 1973 and I don't know what the hardener was.
>
>    Maybe not.  I've never used it but I was thinking it came
>> that way. What I am curious about is using plain old industrial enamel 
>> and adding some other brand of hardner.
>
> Dunno!  My guess is that it would work if you had the "right" hardener.
>>
>> Polyurethanes are hard to work with no doubt.  Imron is just Duponts 
>> version but there are lots of them on the market.
>
> And better, in my opinion.
>
>> We have sprayed hundreds of gallons of Polyurethane but almost always in 
>> an industrial application where orange peel and even minor runs are not 
>> an issue.  The stuff is used in industry not for looks but for durability 
>> and cleanability.
>
> I certainly understand that.
>
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
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