Paint Products / Services / Systems

Oct. 11, 2016
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2010 Paint Products / Services / Systems

Cromax Pro

DuPont Refinish

Details Basecoat attributes include: spot and blend capability, flake control and hiding, appearance, no flash time and re-repairability. Colors are balanced to achieve sprayable viscosity. High hiding coverage and fast drying times. Provides a single-visit application, one-and-a-half-coat coverage for the majority of colors.

Website cromaxpro.dupont.com

Phone 800.GET DUPONT

Metalux 2

ChemSpec USA

Details System includes time-saving color tools with more than 12,000 actual paint spray-outs. Can be added to the Easimix Professional software, with 140,000 color formulas for cars and motorcycles. Support includes: color charts, Easimix Professional color-matching software, spray-out cards to check color before spraying the vehicle, and full training courses.

Web chemspecpaint.com

Phone 800.328.4892

R-M Onyx HD

BASF

Details Aligned with the BASF Color-MAX2 System. Requires only two coats, from flash to matte, and then a mist coat for effect pigment orientation. Onyx HD dries, on average, in about 15 minutes at 70 degrees Fahrenheit and in about three minutes with infrared short-wave. Enables basecoat solvent emissions to be reduced by 90 percent.

Web basfrefinish.com

Phone 800.201.1605

Envirobase High Performance Clearcoat

PPG Refinish

Details High-gloss, high-solids productivity clearcoat that delivers optimum performance when applied over Envirobase HP waterborne basecoat. It requires no flash time between coats and minimal bake time, and it reduces cycle time while maintaining quality. The high solids resin also decreases clearcoat material usage.

Web ppgrefinish.com

Phone 800.647.6050

PermaShine

Urethane Supply Company

Details Designed to protect textured automotive plastics from fading and to restore the appearance of already faded textured plastics. Will enhance the color, improve gloss and permanently protect textured TPO plastics. May be applied using a spray gun, aerosol can or foam roller. Strong protective coating.

Web urethanesupply.com

Phone 800.633.3047

RAIN Automatic Gun Cleaner Solution

Cumberland Products

Details Cleaner/detergent for waterbased colors. Can also be used to clean most acrylic or emulsion paints. Can be used for manual cleaning of spray gun and equipment. Can be coagulated, refreshed and re-used two to four times. Compliant at 23 VOC g/l; exceeds SCAQMD Rule 102 of 25 g/l when mixed.

Web cumberlandproductsinc.com

Phone 800.223.1918

XPLOSIVE COLORS

Vogel Automotive Coatings

Details Consists of: two glow-in-the-dark basecoats, eight popular candies, nine popular pearls and four common basecoats. Packaged in quarts, pints and half-pints. Nuclear pearls come in a 90-gram bottle. An ideal system for jobbers and body shops. Packaged in sizes ideal for small jobs. California compliant.

Web axiscoatings.com

Phone 866.637-8418

Express Scratch Repair

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes

Details Uses the patented SWAFC HP process with proprietary Air-Bake technology. Removes the need for baking to achieve a fast cure time. Simple repairs can cure outside the booth at ambient room temperatures (70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit). Uses SWAFC’s HPC15 Clearcoat that air-dries to a 15-minute cure.

Web sherwin-williams.com

Phone 800-4-SHERWIN

QuickFix Aerosol Line

Matrix System Automotive Finishes

Details Designed to offer the collision repair market products in an easy-to-use aerosol format. Includes High Build Primer Gray, High Build Primer Buff, Adhesion Promoter, Gloss Black, Guide Coat Black, Bumper/Trim Black, EZ Blend Edge Blender and Wax & Grease Remover. These aerosols compliment all of Matrix’s products.

Web matrixsystem.com

Phone 800.735.0303

Glamour Clearcoat Transtar Autobody

Technologies, Inc.

Details Features a two-to-one mix with a six-hour sand and buff time. Compatible with all Signature Series activators. Highly resistant to stone chips and abrasions. May be air dried or force dried. UV resistance protects against color fade and retains original gloss level. Perfected for multi-panel and overall repair jobs.

Web tat-co.com

Phone 800.824.2843

Pro-Spray H2O

Pro-Spray Automotive Finishes

Details Disperses pigments in a waterbased solution. European formulation and technology delivers solid, metallic, pearl and xirallic basecoat colors that are easy to use and simple to blend. No special mix bank equipment is needed. Toners have the highest pigment; metallic and pearl concentrations available.

Web prosprayfinishes.com

Phone 330.830.8445

Sikkens Colorbuild Plus 250

AkzoNobel

Details Achieves color without the use of topcoat toners. Mix the six colored primers for the desired primer color. Close proximity between undercoat and topcoat color reduces the amount of topcoat material needed to accomplish hiding. Can be used as a high build primer surfacer or a wet-on-wet primer sealer.Features direct-to-plastic properties.

Web sikkenscr.com

Phone 877.FOR.AKZO

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