Water Based Paint - Good or Bad?

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October 12, 2008, 10:18:11 PM

I wouldn't be the first on my block to try it...............................From what I've heard it's not very forgiving.

Seems like i'm always afraid of "NEW" stuff..sorta of like cars.If it's the new model i wait a couple years to work the bugs out.I can't possibly see how the colors could be any better than what they have out now. JMO.

carl

Sounds like house paint. I would say do some reading on it.

if anybody here drives modern mopars, they're all wearing water based paint. i believe all the clearcoats are still solvent based. (at least ours are in belvidere). chrysler switched to water based paint for E.P.A. guidlines, etc. the switch was around 10-15 yrs. ago. our basecoat paint must be baked to cure.

Well the Valiant is in the body shop and should be painted in the next few weeks. The painter is recommending using a new water based paint, said theres some wild new colors out. Just wondering if anyone has used it, how it turned out or any opinions. From what I've read on the net it sounds like it's the way to go. I've seen show cars with it, but no street duty cars. Anyone have experience wit

I OWN MY OWN SHOP, AND BUILD CUSTOM OLD SKOOL BOBBERS AND CHOPPERS. WATER BASED PAINTS ARE NOTHING NEW, THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS , THEY STARTED OVER SEAS . THE ONLY THING NEW ABOUT THEM IS THERE NEW TO THE USA ,NOT EVEN REALLY NEW JUST MORE GUYS ARE USING THEM MORE NOW. THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT COLORS , COLORS YOU WONT SEE IN MOST PAINT CHARTS , COLORS THAT YOU COULD ONLY GET IF YOU HAD IT CUSTOM MIXED. AND THEN IF YOU GET IN A WRECK AND DIDNT HAVE THE BODY SHOP MIX UP EXTRA PAINT, THEN YOU WILL NEVER MATCH IT . THATS ONE THING ABOUT THERE CUSTOM COLORS IS THAT THEY ARE REGULAR STOCK ITEMS. SO IF YOU NEED MORE THEY HAVE IT RIGHT ON THE SHELF. I SEE ALOT OF HIGH DOLLAR CUSTOM BIKES AND OLD SKOOL RODS USING THIS PAINT AND THE STUFF LOOKS GREAT . ALOT OF THE REALLY WILD CUSTOM PAINT JOBS, THAT ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS HAS, OUR DONE WITH WATER BASED PAINT. AND TONS OF CARS AND BIKES AT SEMA LAST YEAR WERE PAINTED WITH WATER BASED PAINTS. I HAD A CUSTOMER WHO WANTED HIS BIKE PAINTED IN WATER BASED PAINT, BECAUSE HE COULDNT FIND THE COLOR HE WANTED ANYWHERE ELSE. THE CARS AND BIKES IVE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES TURNED OUT REALLY GREAT AND LIKE I SAID THEY HAVE SOME REALLY DIFFERNT COLORS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYWHERE BEFORE .ANYWAYS THATS WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WATER BASE PAINT... { WWW.OLDSKOOLBOBBERS.COM }

Thanks Guys. Hagen thank you, this clears up quite a bit. It obviously holds up to UV (UV protection in the clearcoat maybe??) so it should be ok to use. I didn't necessarily have to have water based, but my painter recommends it, says it's good stuff, so as long as it turns out ok and holds up, I'll be happy.

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Thanks Guys. Hagen thank you, this clears up quite a bit. It obviously holds up to UV (UV protection in the clearcoat maybe??) so it should be ok to use. I didn't necessarily have to have water based, but my painter recommends it, says it's good stuff, so as long as it turns out ok and holds up, I'll be happy.

YES THE PAINT HAS UV PROTECTION,BUT THE BULK OF THE UV PROTECTION IS IN THE CLAERCOAT.I DONT THINK YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SUN IVE SEEN THIS STUFF PAINTED ON HALF MILLION DOLLAR CARS TO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CARS .AND BEFORE SOMEONE SAYS YA THERE TRAILER QUEENS ,I HAVE ONE CUSTOMER AND THREE PERSONAL FRIENDS THAT HAVE WATER BASE PAINT ON THERE CARS AND THEY DRIVE THEM EVERYDAY OUT IN THE SUN.THE PAINT ON MY BUDDYS CUDA IS TWO YEARS OLD AND HE DRIVES THE HELL OUT OF THIS CAR AND THE PAINT LOOKS AS GOOD AS IT DID TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE HAD IT PAINTED , INFACT HE WAS OVER MY SHOP JUST TWO DAYS AGO AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW NICE THE PAINT LOOKED.{ NUBS , THE PAINTER FOR {ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS } USES IT ALL THE TIME . HE ALSO IS A DEALER FOR IT . HE RUNS ADDS IN THE HORSE BACK STREET CHOPPPERS MAG FOR IT.