I want your opinions on Evercoat Slick Sand?
I've Epoxy primed the bed & other parts after striping them & then did the body work. I'm thinking about priming it now with Slick sand & dry blocking it then repriming it with a primer sealer & then wet sanding it before painting.
I've talked to a lot of shops that do restorations & they love doing it this way!
How many of you'll have used it?
How easy is it to spray?
How hard is it to sand?
I've got a 2.0 tip primer gun that I'll use to spray it.
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I've used it many times over the years. Its' especially helpful in getting "wave" problems straightened out with fiberglass kit cars I build/modify. It's fairly easy to spray and with tip size bigger is better. I've used a 1.8 before but 2 to 2.2 does things faster. Did I say faster? That's important because if you don't get this stuff out of your gun in 30 minutes or so (that can be more like 20 minutes in a summer's hot garage) you'll have a dandy paperweight for your desk! The stuff sands and powders up easily (obviously guide coat it). Try to buy it from a seller that sells it on a regular basis. The catalyst must be fresh for the stuff to kick properly. There should be date codes on the catalyst tubes themselves. Outdated catalyst + Slick Sand= goo on the car instead of surfacer. It happened to me one time, that was enough....
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Darrell, Thanks for your comments!
I've always liked priming & blocking things twice when I want something really nice. I keep talking to different ones & it all comes back to this so I believe this is the direction I'll be headed! David Alger
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Good post DarrelK
,,"There should be date codes on the catalyst tubes themselves". Very Important !!!! Thanks! "The number of parasites in the USA has now eclipsed the number of productive members of society"
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I like Slick-Sand and Feather-fill
Slick-sand gives more build than Feather-fill in my experience. Feather-fill is a little easier to sand initially than Slick-sand after sitting a while. The above is just my experience using both Polly products, I really don't have a preference to either product. Just depends how much build I want as to which I would use. Dennis B.
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Sounds Good Doright.
I wasn told by some one that Feather fill is more for Fiberglass than slick sand. David Alger
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I dunno about that one, like I said I like both products and use both. Just my own thoughts and my own experience but if it were me playing with fiberglass I would rather use the Slick Sand. Dennis B.
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Like I said, I'm just going by what someone told me. I have never used either & don't know but what others have told me.
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Remember,,,you can add a little reducer to it and it will spray better with a 2.0 tip....
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Is that the best way to shoot it Rick? That's what I have is a 2.0 tip David Alger
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