Just been talking to a mate in the trade who tells me all solvent based paint is being made illigal? And they are all having to switch to water based paints?
So they can use solvent paints untill supplies run out?
TRUE as from 2010 all spray shops in the uk will have to comply to ECU Laws …a friend who has a spray shop has to get rid of all solvent based paints by end of Jan 2010 and then he has to referb his spray booth to meet new regs..will cost him £20,000…hes packing it in …
Lets hope global warming gets a good foot hold then, because it’ll be a bugger when it rains eh!
Please do a search in the paint section for this information, it has been widely available for a long time now and the new legislation is already in action.
Google will also bring up lots of information regarding the change of the rules and regs…
where will all of teh old paint go then?! land fill?! costs money to dispose of properly, so some shops cant afford to do it.
the date has been set every year or so for the last couple of years. it will ge a gradual phase out like cellulose was, not an instant stop.
WOOP WOOP, thats the sound of the search police.
water based paint isnt that bad, obviously you hav to laquer it ,
but you get an excellent finish, i did mine in waterbased n it turned out good
plus, look on the bright side, you dont need hardner or thinner, just de-ionised water.
its easy to sray too, you dont hav to worry about getting a glossy finish.
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water based paint is better anyway, if used correctly at the right temps… it’s the tempurature thats important! its not common knowledge but new production facilities have been using water based paint for a few years now and there’s already production cars that use them!!
It also doesn’t need flattering in between coats and dry’s quicker, so bonus!!
When I used it the ‘paint man’ had used it a few times before and already knew about the law that was coming in, he’s looking forward to the change… but the customers arn’t because its a classic car restoration company!!
no more swirly old school paint on classic Mini’s…
as far as i know, professional classic resto companies can still obtain cellulose. i was informed of this by 1 of the top blokes at a paint manufacturer, he also said that it will be produced for several more years yet.
Is it not more expensive?
> its not common knowledge but new production facilities have been using water based paint for a few years now and there’s already production cars that use them!!
Volvo have used exclusively water based paint for around 15 years now, they advertise the fact quite openly and take pride in it. As you say many, many companies are using it because while it is more expensive to buy it’s cheaper to apply. As said above you don’t need to buy chemicals for cleaning anything, there are far fewer controls of the paint shop emissions at the factory and they don’t have to run a sealed robot paintshop that people can’t get into for fear of dying. They don’t need to shut the whole paintshop down for hours before maintenance can take place or send crew in with airfed suits. It’s just far easier to deal with all round and thanks to modern developments is just as good as solvent paint in terms of finish.
Anyone any ideas how it will affect the price?
Isn’t there going to be a problem if you want to mix different paints on the same car? It makes sense for manufacturers to switch, which would filter down to bodyshops when they’re faced with repairing cars painted with water base. Won’t be happy if I have to try and match paint to paint just a wing. Paint that’s chemically different never matches in all light conditions.
