MSDS shows it's mostly naphtha based with a little toluene and xylene and trace amounts of various alcohols.

Yeah, it's going to dry extremely fast.
Good thing you're in such an open space too, them fumes are highly toxic and intoxicating...not to mention explosive in larger concentrations.

 

Ithinned it 50/50. It was like spraying lysol. The stuff can be thinned 125%. So I bought 1 gallon and 1 gal lac thinner and made up 2 gals. Works awesome had to scratch with a siding nail to hurt it. It's great for wood but only comes black or white and can not be tinted.

 

Neat! Never heard of opex.

 

Huh, neat. Thanks for sharing.

 

I used to sell that product. It is a Sherwin Williams product from their chemical coatings division. Actually been around a long time. From the 60's at least. They have an acrylic metal lacquer in that line that is pretty damn good on car rims. I wouldn't get too caught up in it though as the VOC's are really high in that product line.

 

And it can be tinted if you buy it from a full service SW chemical coatings store.

 

I have used it on cabinets before. Not the best product for that imo, but on metal I can see it having merits.

 

it is primarily a metal lacquer. May have some flexibility issues on wood.

 

As far as wood my rep said some use it in black for the fast dry and then coat in clear precat. Cabinets or woodwork done in a day at those drying rates. It is thick in the can like pudding.

 

I thought darker tints dried slower?

 

Doubt that would matter with the stuff Criard mentioned it's thinned with in the earlier post. Yikes! Can't imagine the buzz you'd get off it!:shutup:

 

Hope it touches up nice by hand......
They're gonna need it

 

Did the brackets now 600 parts and pieces

 

The opex clear can be tinted. Just saying.

We use it to make a copper tone. Works awesome on metal. Solid stuff, some automotive places use it as a clear coat.

 

The opex clear can be tinted. Just saying.

We use it to make a copper tone. Works awesome on metal. Solid stuff, some automotive places use it as a clear coat.

the clear acrylic metal lacquer is also great for recoating exterior brass and copper fixtures and what not.

 

It comes in a pre-packaged white and black. They also have a clear that can be custom tinted with powders.

Does it make a difference? Not really. Think of it like wood work that has a tinted (toned) layer on it. Just a clear coat with a color added in.

If the job calls for just black and the out-of-the-can stuff is what they want/works. Use it, it'll be easier to do touchups on. You won't have to remember the ratio, look it up, etc.