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U-Pol #1 clear


speedphreak
11-26-2005, 08:58 PM
I was recommended this clear coat and I was wondering if it is any good. I just airbrushed my s15 Silvia with Cobra Colors Ancio Boraleas Pearl and it is amazingly beautiful...Thanks Leon! Anyways, the clear comes in a metallic orange colored can. Just wondering if any one here has used it, and if it is good or not. Thanks!

-Chris

freakray
11-26-2005, 09:06 PM
More info about this clear?

Is it lacquer? Perhaps an acrylic?

speedphreak
11-26-2005, 09:44 PM
http://www.u-pol.com/countries/us/downloads/tds/clear1.pdf

-Chris

blubaja
11-26-2005, 09:48 PM
We used it at school. It's.....cheap. But it works great, suprisingly! I don't remember either if it was acrylic or laquer. Im leaning towards laquer tho.

freakray
11-26-2005, 09:52 PM
Website doesn't tell you what kind of solvent it contains, though I am almost certain the person holding the can could find out if it says it on the can.

I suspect it's a lacquer base too though, which brings on the question as to how hot it is.

speedphreak
11-26-2005, 10:29 PM
It doesn't say on the can. All it says....Its compatible with water based basecoats. And umm...it wasn't that cheap. It was 18.00 for the one can. But I guess it can clear a few cars.

Blubaja- Did you spray the U-Pol on auto motive paints? How did it come out? Did you have to sand it after applied?

-Chris

blubaja
11-26-2005, 11:08 PM
It came out good for its price. $18.00 is cheap in 1:1 world. It depended on the painter, if it needed to be sanded. It wasn't as good as a PPG paint. But you can sand it if you want.

speedphreak
11-27-2005, 12:07 AM
well, the PPG is a 2 part clear correct? I heard those are expensive and have very short shelf life when opened. Is this true?

-Chris......Blubaja, and pics of anything cleared with U-pol? Thanks!

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