paint help.
 

Hi Guys
Has anybody have any advise with KLASS KOTE color. Is it toxic, what kind of precautions need to be used and how easy are they to work with.
zain

RE: paint help.
 

Zain, I'm sitting here with a can of Klass Kote Part A epoxy. The warning on the lable is quite lengthy because it talks about skin and eye contact swallowing and breathing but basically, if you don't drink it or take a bath in it and you wear a good respirator (NIOSH/MSHA approved) you will have no problem. Actually if you use the same precautions you would use with any solvent based paint you should be fine. As for the paint, I find it easy to use and the results are excellent. If I had a dust free environment to spray in, the results would mimic glass. Very durable and just about anything proof.

Don't be to concerned about the extent of the lable warnings. I'm sure they have to be very thorough due to EPA rules. As I said, with proper precautions it's a great product.

More lable information in Tiny Tiny print:
Hazards:
Health - 2 (moderate)
Personal Protection - I (Mask, gloves and glasses)
Flamability - 2
Reactivity - 1 (slight)

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I shot a jet with it about a year ago and I'm still alive. I think John has it right - just use normal precautions such as a good respirator. Certainly safer than Isocyanates.

I could not get the Klass Kote to flow out well using the recommended ratio of Klass Kote thinner. After additional thinning, it flowed out fine. You might want to shoot some test surfaces and see how it works for you. May not be quite as tough or durable as the Isocyanates, but my paint still looks fairly decent a year later.

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Thank you boys for all your help. I think i am going to give it a try.

How long did you wait between coats and before sanding.

Thanks for your help.
Zain

RE: paint help.
 

I like to wait for a couple of days before I sand. The paint will let you know if it's to soon. It will feel tacky under the "sand paper". I like wet or dry reasonably wet and it tends to plug up the paper if it's not ready.

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Zain,

As the other said just use standard precautions, and a decent mask. I am no pro but painted a prop plane a year or so ago and the results were very good. Use a 1mm needle and things should be fine, the finish is very durable and very hard - best of luck.

Just one note on the application, as it is a 2 part system once the paint applied has gone hard you need to really scuff the surface if you need to apply further coats, ideally apply as many coats as needed to get the cover and finish, leaving only around 10-15 minutes for the paint to 'flash off' between coats, then when everything is really dry cut it back with very fine wet and dry and polish up to the final finish.