Water Base Pigment Method Protocols v134

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This information will be educational for anyone in leather repair, vinyl repair, seat repair, car repair, aircraft refurbishing, painting and dyeing, and any mobile tech service.
I DO NOT SELL PRODUCTS. A detailed explanation is given for each step. As with all my videos, this illustrates my own personal preference based on decades of experience. Please note that I don't sell products and am not profiting from these videos nor are they sponsored. So if you have questions about the products then please contact your supplier. (Like they’ll know!)

[@billgarbrandtMARSNationInc]

The Master series!!!! Great job!!!

[@erikasplund08]

Love your channel and the in-depth info. Would love to see an in-depth video on body oils and how to correct it before recoloring.

[@a.r.t.srealrepairsforrealc8247]

Thanks! The last opportunity for that topic slipped through my hands. No pun intended for once. It's on my list. I appreciate it. 👍

[@mttmg]

As always very good information, and thanks to Gary for adding his input. I also started with and pretty much exclusively used solvent base finishes for many years. I dabbled with using waterbase finishes and found them difficult to mix, before the separate clear / base systems were commonly available.
The basecoat clearcoat waterbase system of refinishing is just superior in so many ways.
It's cheaper, you can match colors that you can not match with solvent dyes, and you can do jobs that you would never be able to do with solvent dyes.
We regularly do refinish jobs that would be impossible to do with solvent dyes and they look AND feel good too and will wear better.
The spray can dyes are generally so thin because they have to add so much solvent to get them to spray, therefore they don't cover well. And using them is very expensive and you can't adjust the colors.
I know a guy who is now using the waterbase dyes, he used to spray colors from aerosol rattle cans into cups to mix the colors then put that into a Preval, talk about an inefficient system!
If you are buying SEM Colorcoat in bulk, it's like $80 a quart now, over $200 a gallon. And in my opinion it's not as good as it was years ago either.
As Gary mentioned if it is really cold, even using solvent dyes is a problem outside. I've done that with a spray gun in one hand and a heat gun in the other hand, wiping snow off. I used to turn the heat on in the cars too, and run AC in the summer if need be.
Putting a small heater in your work truck or the area where you store your water base product is a good idea, I have just been bringing my freezable items inside when it's way below freezing.
I do still use premix waterbase for colors that we do all the time as it's just so easy but mixing pigments is the way to go for other colors.
Separate guns for clear and pigments and for solvent and WB is a must do!
Thanks as always for sharing this invaluable information that not many people have access too, much less for free!

[@vinrod34]

Great video! separate gun for plastics, plastic adhesion. When I did windshield repair in west Chester County, NY, always heat up car. In Florida now, water base in heat. I need to use more pigments.

[@domingomorales5527]

Rick l am retired but l still see your videos watching this one on the water pigments. It is user friendly we can think we are done and after dry we catch a small section needs another pass or so it self correct don't need to whole section

[@allieflounder5764]

Rick, great videos, I love your channel! Where are you located? Also can I email you a few pictures too ask your advice on a repair for my plastic bumper? thank you!

[@a.r.t.srealrepairsforrealc8247]

Thanks! And yes, of course, you can send a picture to the email address in the description box. Warning: Advice might be sketchy! 😜😜

[@t.l.h.7704]

What type of sprayer is best?Above or below 3 stage or a complety different type?

[@a.r.t.srealrepairsforrealc8247]

I show my setup in v76.

[@t.l.h.7704]

@@a.r.t.srealrepairsforrealc8247 Thank you so much, I'm an RV detailer hoping to gain even more repair/reconditioning skills and have been watching your videos for about 6 months now.The first one I watched was the chair that you patched with the baseball stitch and filler. I've been practicing and hoping they'll let me start using my new skills soon.You're an inspiration and amazing knowledgeable resource,Thank you again.Oh and if I can't use them at work I will move into doing it on my own.