Thank you very much! That's inspired me to look into repainting parts of my old TVR myself. I'd noticed that the dealer who I'd bought the car from had had some repair work done using water based paints which I didn't think was possible with old TVR colours. I'll be watching your other videos on pearl and metallic paints to learn more about that final drop coat. Thanks again!
Hi Tony, thanks very much for all the help here, great stuff. I am a "perfectionist" DIY'er, and have made hundreds of mistakes to get it right, and this has helped me immensely. The Iwata HTE 3 settings i havent got right untl i saw this. Also this use of of fast hardener and and thinner has fixed a lot of my issues.(more suited to our enviroment and hunidity here in the UK and Ireland, was advised never to use fast!). I just spray in my garage/workshop with a small extraction fan, use a hair dryer on the base coat and infrared lamp for the top coat.Just sprayed a black metallic on the full rear bumper of a skoda today, and the results were amazing. (just have to get rid of the dust nibs... but now have come to expect that, especially when spraying outdoors or in my garage and let go of trying to get it 100% right. I wet down everything before I start to reduce dust as much as possible). Would love to have a go in a proper booth one day. Again, thanks for all the help. Keep up the great work.
Great tutorial , again very well explained with a great result goes a long way to show that preparation and using the correct technique is the most important aspect rather than just buying big dollar equipment and not knowing how to approach a task
definitely mate its alot about how you do something rather than worrying about what your using in most cases with this kind of work, having good equipment matters but not if you are not sure of the right ways to go about it in the first place
I just sprayed my first bench top with waterborne floor 'varnish'. I used a $60 NZ electric spray gun, (Ozito brand), from the local hardware store and strained the varnish through a piece of rinsed out garden frost cloth! I knew I was heading for disaster but I kept thinking "what would Rolls Royce do"? I knew half of it was in the prep so I was fastidious with that, and I made a little half-tent/booth thing out of polythene drop sheets. Bugger me it came out mint! Anyway, my Iwata AZ3 arrived today, and I pick up my compressor on Tuesday. Looking forward to spraying stuff over Christmas. Great vids mate - learning heaps Cheers from NZ
The best part I hope ppl are noticing is your technique when spraying, especially when you purposely go really slow, there’s an upholstery guy on TH-cam he never speaks, of course ppl complain that he doesn’t but if you just watch you learn there as well, 💥👏🏻💥
Thanks man I just hope people are getting something from these newer more detailed videos as that’s what matters most for myself always trying to put out better content for you guys
Really good video! I've got a stupid question but I'm trying to paint my car with a water based base coat, when I'm mixing the paint up what do I mix it with, reducer??
Very good tutorials. Thank you so much for your good work with these videos. Watched the Mini-project several times and working my way through the rest of your material.
Great video. I love water based base coat. Easier cleaning with no solvents in the air. I didn't catch whether the clear coat you used was wb or sb? Is there even such a thing as water based automotive clears? I have only used 2k solvent based.
I've always wondered in waterbased if the drop coat (spraied after flash off) once dried , leave a micro peel that can be visible in some lights after the clear Is cured. I notice this problem in solvent base(more visible in lower solid clears). If i spray the drop coat with no flash off (when the base Is still wet) this doesn't happen and dries smooth and so the clear.
Nice video Tony👍 I will try first time to use water borne paint. Do you use any reduser for paint or it’s ready to go when i get it from paint mixing shop? Thanks
How do you add reducer ? I'm new to this ppg stuff I was told reduce 25% of the total paint mixture you make. So if the paint comes out to 1 ounces which is like 12 grams total what would I reduce it too
this would be fine for professional work or beginner work tbh mate as you can see it puts out a great finish with ease but for professional work daily painting like i myself do i prefer something a little faster and more refined but thats were high price comes in
Always wondered about the water born process. Great insight. Thank you. We only get solvent based here, but it's nice to know. So the clear coat is 2K is that right?
Excellent Tony. Couple of questions you could answer please. Why is their no water borne clear coat because it seems pointless using water borne base coat then 2K isocyanate clear coat? Is there water borne solid colour paint available? Thanks
There are 1k clears available, if you don't want isocyanate. They are going to require a fair bit of polishing though to achieve a good depth and won't be as hard
Watching this again got me thinking that now I have a good heater in my booth (getting 22-26C) would waterborne basecoat be an option Tony? you said it gave a better finish on the clear which is my goal, so is there a difference between waterbased and waterborne basecoat and what do you use to thin the paint and do you use the thinner to clean the gun or is there a cheaper option? I can get waterbased basecoat from the same place as my solvent based at Advanced Paints but not sure on the thinners, cheers bud, John
Hi john do you need waterbased thinner and waterbased cleaner not solvent as it won’t mix , and yes waters an option but as I said in the video the issue is youll have to force dry it with air mate I’ve used water in a proper heater booth and not and had it work both ways fine as for the difference between waterbase and waterbourne I think one has a little more solvent content than the other hut don’t quite me know that
Hiya mate yeah I knew I need waterbased thinners but wasn't sure if you used the waterbased thinner or if there was a cheaper option for gun cleaner. I'm only spraying single panels so with one of those blowers it shouldn't be a problem (I hope haha!), Advanced paints is selling waterbased basecoat the make is Clostermann I've used their solvent base and it's fine, I'll have to look into it more, Oh and I'm getting good results now with the roberlo 610, I now have the KX46 and using the quartz speedster thinner. stay safe!!
Yes mate just being very carful, the doc came today and gave Sonia her covid vaccine, I thought she would have to wait longer but she does have a lot of health problems. I have to wait a few more weeks until they do the over 60's I'm just an old git so probably expendable 👨🦯😂
Great video! Can you do video about basic equipment like what compresor you need what type of water separator you need. Video about basic equipment Thanks! :)
@@TonysRefinishingTV Glad to hear that! Im from Czech Republic and im trying start small paintshop in Carlsbad In Czech Republic there is lack of painters So i love to learn new stuff about spray painting! Im skilled 20yo mechanic but i think i can learn how to spraypaint. Keep up the good work!! :)
Hi Tony can you tell me, For a mobile setup in colder weather would you have a solvent or water based setup???? My temp range from 25 degrees down to 5 degrees. Thanks
Hiya mate honestly solvent would be better however you would have to check the rules on using solvent on a mobile environment, water would be fine if you had an ir lamp or even heat gun to help dry the base
Simple question, what product do you use to thin the water base , base coat, product, qty thinned, pressure at the gun, If you can give us a mtraxi of waterbase product , prime thinner, base thinner clear thinner.
You use waterbase thinner mate , all the rest of the info your asking there is explained in the video and also is product specific we’ve done our best in this series to cover everything
I have been trying akzo nobel imperium waterborne which to me is re branded lesonal as the color formulas are the same as well as reduction. It says to put down a 100% first coat, which I take as a closed coat. It will leave fish eye looking spots if its not closed and you can see the holes like in clear. It will run easily on that first coat. I have been turning in the fluid on my guns. I'm going to try your method and see what happens, I like the double control coat. I have seen that used in ppg. I'm switching from low voc solvent where it needs a wet spraying gun and cannot do a control coat. How much were you reducing metallics? Thanks
All waterbornes are very different. The stuff we spray is wet on wet. Almost 100 percent coverage and then straight to a control coat, no flash time. It’s amazing how fast we can paint now. Little caution with whites. Those you need a little flash time just because of density. Even in our crazy humidity, with fans and temp set, I can clear in about 10-15 min
I’d like to give water born base a go on my full car but worried about drying it all properly . Booth (diy home ) has cross flow extraction . Any tips mate ? Thinking I can’t go all around the car with a little blow gun ?!!!
Cheers Tony . It’s a centrally heated garage , probably gets to about 20 degrees plus I have a space heater to help temps . I’m thinking summer too anyway by the time it’s prepped .usually use solvent based but got to be better for me and the neighbours Only using solvent clear coat ?!
There is guns these days that state there specific to water based paints as they need to have treated internals if you get stuck message me through our Facebook page
Correct the impact hte-s version is different than an older air gunsa, the caps and nozzles do not interchange, the caps for 1.6 up say S2, and below are S1 caps. They really need to abolish the old line imo as the confusion can be real haha and the hte-S is a much better gun.
But wait there’s more! The S basically is for homogeneous spray atomization according to them, a larger fan and more ‘I’ shaped, and the nozzles and caps do not fit older versions the gun body has a different thread interface, ALSO most needles are the same while the nozzles are larger but your forced to buy both in a kit, IE= I drilled out my impact 1.6 to a 2.0 all I needed was a drill bit no needle.
Thank you very much! That's inspired me to look into repainting parts of my old TVR myself. I'd noticed that the dealer who I'd bought the car from had had some repair work done using water based paints which I didn't think was possible with old TVR colours. I'll be watching your other videos on pearl and metallic paints to learn more about that final drop coat.
Thanks again!
Hi Tony, thanks very much for all the help here, great stuff. I am a "perfectionist" DIY'er, and have made hundreds of mistakes to get it right, and this has helped me immensely. The Iwata HTE 3 settings i havent got right untl i saw this. Also this use of of fast hardener and and thinner has fixed a lot of my issues.(more suited to our enviroment and hunidity here in the UK and Ireland, was advised never to use fast!). I just spray in my garage/workshop with a small extraction fan, use a hair dryer on the base coat and infrared lamp for the top coat.Just sprayed a black metallic on the full rear bumper of a skoda today, and the results were amazing. (just have to get rid of the dust nibs... but now have come to expect that, especially when spraying outdoors or in my garage and let go of trying to get it 100% right. I wet down everything before I start to reduce dust as much as possible). Would love to have a go in a proper booth one day. Again, thanks for all the help. Keep up the great work.
Hi and thanks for the comment so glad these videos have helped you that’s always my main goal when I make content
Great tutorial , again very well explained with a great result goes a long way to show that preparation and using the correct technique is the most important aspect rather than just buying big dollar equipment and not knowing how to approach a task
definitely mate its alot about how you do something rather than worrying about what your using in most cases with this kind of work, having good equipment matters but not if you are not sure of the right ways to go about it in the first place
I just sprayed my first bench top with waterborne floor 'varnish'. I used a $60 NZ electric spray gun, (Ozito brand), from the local hardware store and strained the varnish through a piece of rinsed out garden frost cloth! I knew I was heading for disaster but I kept thinking "what would Rolls Royce do"? I knew half of it was in the prep so I was fastidious with that, and I made a little half-tent/booth thing out of polythene drop sheets.
Bugger me it came out mint!
Anyway, my Iwata AZ3 arrived today, and I pick up my compressor on Tuesday. Looking forward to spraying stuff over Christmas.
Great vids mate - learning heaps
Cheers from NZ
The best part I hope ppl are noticing is your technique when spraying, especially when you purposely go really slow, there’s an upholstery guy on TH-cam he never speaks, of course ppl complain that he doesn’t but if you just watch you learn there as well, 💥👏🏻💥
Thanks man I just hope people are getting something from these newer more detailed videos as that’s what matters most for myself always trying to put out better content for you guys
Thanks Tony. Really enjoying this series.
thanks man really do hope these are helping people in the right way and nice to have you with us too fella
Hey Tony, great to see you and your upload again. Respect .
Davut
Your welcome davut great to see you here again
Tony's Refinishing thnx buddy chears
Just joined today, enjoyed your vid Thanks.🤙
Welcome to the channel and thanks
I didn't quite catch if that was solvent-based clear coat can you use a solvent-based clear coat over water base base coat?
All clears pretty much are the same
For water based or solvent based base
Brilliant Tony, thank you
no problem at all darren thanks for watching
Amazing skill. Many thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you Tony a great video
thanks man
Really good video! I've got a stupid question but I'm trying to paint my car with a water based base coat, when I'm mixing the paint up what do I mix it with, reducer??
Very good tutorial
Tony, would you mind sharing what paint you are using, and is it available in the US?
Very good tutorials. Thank you so much for your good work with these videos. Watched the Mini-project several times and working my way through the rest of your material.
Thanks Tony, this gun works very good, 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
Your welcome buddy
Great video. I love water based base coat. Easier cleaning with no solvents in the air. I didn't catch whether the clear coat you used was wb or sb? Is there even such a thing as water based automotive clears? I have only used 2k solvent based.
Mattias Larsson thanks man and no mate all clearcoat is still 2k solvent based mate
I've always wondered in waterbased if the drop coat (spraied after flash off) once dried , leave a micro peel that can be visible in some lights after the clear Is cured.
I notice this problem in solvent base(more visible in lower solid clears). If i spray the drop coat with no flash off (when the base Is still wet) this doesn't happen and dries smooth and so the clear.
I have sprayed solvent for 5 years how hard would it be in your opinion to change over to water ? Thanks
Mate you vids are wicked they help so much for a novice like me👍🏾do u have any vids on using etch primer?
Thanks mate and not specific ones no mate as we tend to use epoxy over etch
Thanks tony this is brilliant brother 😇☺😎. ... be great if you could do a colour matching series too? ... Peace bro
we will cover colour matching in this series fella dont worry
@@TonysRefinishingTV awesomeness tony eternally grateful ... Your footage is very professional and in depth brilliant as always T
thanks fella just trying to get them better for you guys
Great tutorial tone, cheers m8
Tony Haz your welcome buddy thanks for watching fella
Nice video Tony👍 I will try first time to use water borne paint. Do you use any reduser for paint or it’s ready to go when i get it from paint mixing shop? Thanks
I can’t say there mate you need to speak to your supplier as every supplier and brand are different
😒 anyone noticed the dirty rag 🤔
How do you add reducer ? I'm new to this ppg stuff I was told reduce 25% of the total paint mixture you make. So if the paint comes out to 1 ounces which is like 12 grams total what would I reduce it too
great job Tony😀
Thanks kamil great to see you here again too
Tony's Refinishing I watch every video with pleasure 😀 thanks
Is the water easier to get an even metallic with than solvent ?
there about the same mate tbh no one is harder than the other there really just for us on a daily basis water has less issues than solvent
Hey tony happy to see you again .
Is this gun for beginners or can be used for finishing job .
this would be fine for professional work or beginner work tbh mate as you can see it puts out a great finish with ease but for professional work daily painting like i myself do i prefer something a little faster and more refined but thats were high price comes in
Thanks tony for this series, would you be able to make a video on the best way to stop reaction with solvent base coat?
Yeah don’t use it 🤣 but on a serious note mate yes I can add that to the list for this series Mate for you that’s a brilliant idea tbh
@@TonysRefinishingTV its something I've and still struggle with, silicone interior cleaners i hate
Always wondered about the water born process. Great insight. Thank you. We only get solvent based here, but it's nice to know. So the clear coat is 2K is that right?
Yes the clear is the same mate
Excellent Tony. Couple of questions you could answer please. Why is their no water borne clear coat because it seems pointless using water borne base coat then 2K isocyanate clear coat? Is there water borne solid colour paint available? Thanks
There are 1k clears available, if you don't want isocyanate. They are going to require a fair bit of polishing though to achieve a good depth and won't be as hard
Hi Tony what is best cheapest spray gun or kit to buy. I live in Spain so not sure what to ask for. so prob get from amazon.
Good day Tony. Is there a different clear to use between solvent and water based paint?
No mate the same is used for both oth
can i paint basecoat on one day and clear on the next ?
Is your clear coat 2 pack? ( with isocyanates) doesn't that need full air fed mask? Or are you using 1k?
Watching this again got me thinking that now I have a good heater in my booth (getting 22-26C) would waterborne basecoat be an option Tony? you said it gave a better finish on the clear which is my goal, so is there a difference between waterbased and waterborne basecoat and what do you use to thin the paint and do you use the thinner to clean the gun or is there a cheaper option? I can get waterbased basecoat from the same place as my solvent based at Advanced Paints but not sure on the thinners, cheers bud, John
Hi john do you need waterbased thinner and waterbased cleaner not solvent as it won’t mix , and yes waters an option but as I said in the video the issue is youll have to force dry it with air mate I’ve used water in a proper heater booth and not and had it work both ways fine as for the difference between waterbase and waterbourne I think one has a little more solvent content than the other hut don’t quite me know that
Hiya mate yeah I knew I need waterbased thinners but wasn't sure if you used the waterbased thinner or if there was a cheaper option for gun cleaner. I'm only spraying single panels so with one of those blowers it shouldn't be a problem (I hope haha!), Advanced paints is selling waterbased basecoat the make is Clostermann I've used their solvent base and it's fine, I'll have to look into it more, Oh and I'm getting good results now with the roberlo 610, I now have the KX46 and using the quartz speedster thinner. stay safe!!
Good to hear things are going well mate and you too buddy hope you and family are well
Yes mate just being very carful, the doc came today and gave Sonia her covid vaccine, I thought she would have to wait longer but she does have a lot of health problems. I have to wait a few more weeks until they do the over 60's I'm just an old git so probably expendable 👨🦯😂
Another great video bud,I’ve never tried water based before but I will give it a go now I’ve seen just how it’s done .... Many Thanks Tony 👍
thanks steve and yes its not as hard as some think waterbased, let me know how you get on
Hi Tony, there is much difference in the overall quality finish between waterbased and solventbase?
clear tends to lay flatter over water tbh but bar that no mate
Great video!
Can you do video about basic equipment like what compresor you need what type of water separator you need.
Video about basic equipment
Thanks! :)
Hiya mate it’s on e list of videos to do
@@TonysRefinishingTV Glad to hear that!
Im from Czech Republic and im trying start small paintshop in Carlsbad
In Czech Republic there is lack of painters
So i love to learn new stuff about spray painting!
Im skilled 20yo mechanic but i think i can learn how to spraypaint.
Keep up the good work!! :)
No Doubt thanks buddy and also thanks for being a part of the channel hope your enjoying our videos and do in the future too
Hi Tony can you tell me, For a mobile setup in colder weather would you have a solvent or water based setup???? My temp range from 25 degrees down to 5 degrees. Thanks
Hiya mate honestly solvent would be better however you would have to check the rules on using solvent on a mobile environment, water would be fine if you had an ir lamp or even heat gun to help dry the base
Hi Tony a hair drier works great for home diy guy
yeah never thought of that i suppose that could work if you havent got a heat gun around
A lot more volume of air and no chance of burning the surface like with a heat gun
Thanks for the vid. Link to spray gun doesn't work.
They do still have them on the website mate if you take a look through though
Im having an issue with waterborne ppg only reacts in the primmed areas any ideas?
Simple question, what product do you use to thin the water base , base coat, product, qty thinned, pressure at the gun, If you can give us a mtraxi of waterbase product , prime thinner, base thinner clear thinner.
You use waterbase thinner mate , all the rest of the info your asking there is explained in the video and also is product specific we’ve done our best in this series to cover everything
@@TonysRefinishingTV the question was what thinner you use, we know its water based , which do you USE, mfg & number. Ie. P6060.
is the clear coat your using waterborne as well if so what is the clear coat called ??? id like to buy this
no standard clear
I have been trying akzo nobel imperium waterborne which to me is re branded lesonal as the color formulas are the same as well as reduction. It says to put down a 100% first coat, which I take as a closed coat. It will leave fish eye looking spots if its not closed and you can see the holes like in clear. It will run easily on that first coat. I have been turning in the fluid on my guns. I'm going to try your method and see what happens, I like the double control coat. I have seen that used in ppg. I'm switching from low voc solvent where it needs a wet spraying gun and cannot do a control coat. How much were you reducing metallics? Thanks
All waterbornes are very different. The stuff we spray is wet on wet. Almost 100 percent coverage and then straight to a control coat, no flash time. It’s amazing how fast we can paint now. Little caution with whites. Those you need a little flash time just because of density. Even in our crazy humidity, with fans and temp set, I can clear in about 10-15 min
I’d like to give water born base a go on my full car but worried about drying it all properly . Booth (diy home ) has cross flow extraction . Any tips mate ? Thinking I can’t go all around the car with a little blow gun ?!!!
Personally it wouldn’t be the easiest mate to do but if you did it during warmer weather it’ll dry down a lot easier and take a lot less airflow
Cheers Tony . It’s a centrally heated garage , probably gets to about 20 degrees plus I have a space heater to help temps . I’m thinking summer too anyway by the time it’s prepped .usually use solvent based but got to be better for me and the neighbours
Only using solvent clear coat ?!
Nice bro
After drop coat I've noticed there's over spray on the panel, do you not have the same problem?
are you using solvent or water and nothing that wont tack rag off there no excessive overspray if done right
You should be wearing nitrile gloves, to stop grease from your hands going on to the panel.
Guy Edwards I know this was filmed on he day I did the previous videos on this series and on that day we ran out in the morning
How to mix water based paint
Can I used water based paint over oil based primer
I don’t think so I’m not sure we never use oil based stuff
Is the clear waterborne also?
No mate
Can you use any clear coat?
Yes
Can i use water to reduce it
When its 5 years old and dry
No
Hi all just a thought waterborne paints do they smell like cellulose paints
Firstly you shouldn’t smell them lol , and I can’t say mate been a long time since the once I used Celly tbh
@@TonysRefinishingTV ok thank you
👍
Question what kind of paint guns you have to buy if you’re looking forward into learning how to use water base paints?
There is guns these days that state there specific to water based paints as they need to have treated internals if you get stuck message me through our Facebook page
On the gun, what does the S mean?
The s I believe is the newer version of this gun
Correct the impact hte-s version is different than an older air gunsa, the caps and nozzles do not interchange, the caps for 1.6 up say S2, and below are S1 caps. They really need to abolish the old line imo as the confusion can be real haha and the hte-S is a much better gun.
@@PnwOnTour thats awesome knowledge that fella learnt something myself there and thanks for sharing it too fella
But wait there’s more! The S basically is for homogeneous spray atomization according to them, a larger fan and more ‘I’ shaped, and the nozzles and caps do not fit older versions the gun body has a different thread interface, ALSO most needles are the same while the nozzles are larger but your forced to buy both in a kit, IE= I drilled out my impact 1.6 to a 2.0 all I needed was a drill bit no needle.
Please send me one gun
im not a charity