I missed the first post in this thread.... but I have heard Water based (acryllic enamels) paints have been used in the European automotive market for years - but I can't verify that for sure.
For a garage tinkerPainter like me, I'm comfortable using the
AutoAirColors products:
http://www.autoaircolors.com/
My latest testing is with a catalyzed acryllic clear coat - we'll see how it lasts.
With acrylic spray, material build up is not an issue - it goes on so thin
Rich Pinder Sherman Oaks, CA
Greg Thies wrote:
> Water based automotive paints have been around for many years. Due to
> federal EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act and separate state standards
> (i.e. California) activities like painting, which release so-called volatile
> organic compounds that deplete the earth's protective ozone layer have had
> to switch to alternative products. In an effort to reduce these emissions,
> paint manufacturers have been required to produce products like water-based
> paint. The same thing has happened in house paints with oil based paints
> almost nonexistent now. Twenty years ago, the chemical technology wasn't
> nearly what it is today so the water-based, catalyzed paint systems offered
> now are excellent. However, there are newer, petroleum-based solvents that
> are capable of meeting the low or no VOC standards (maybe not in CA). Ford
> Motor Company is beginning to use some of these newer petroleum-based paints
> on their 2010 vehicles. I suspect the petro-based paints still hold an edge
> over the water-based ones. The other factor concerning paints is human
> toxicity, and some of the old, petroleum based paints were highly toxic to
> workers. My 1976 Eisentraut was painted with Imron (one of the most toxic
> paints) and that paint is still as good as the day it left the paint line.
>
> Greg Thies
> Vienna, Virginia
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> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:34:20 -0600
> From: "Strickler, George M" <gstrickler@tulane.edu>
> Subject: [CR] Water Based Paint Question
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> In a recent posting on the restoration issue, Mr. Baylis said that "water
> based color paint is right around the corner here in Cal." or something like
> that. What does that mean? Are oil based paints to be outlawed like DDT?
> How will water based paint differ from paints currently used to refinish
> bikes/cars like Imron? Should I send off my bikes en mass for repaints now?
>
> Nervously
> George Strickler
> New Orleans
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