Body shop safe waterbased dressings

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I was just informed that I am going to be moved to the dealerships new body shop in a few weeks. I've been using Hyper Dressing for litterally everything and I'm pretty sure it's not body shop safe. I need to find a body shop safe water based dressing fast. Solvent based is just to expensive and it can't be cut. I've been cutting HD about 6:1, so I save a ton of money by doing that.
 
Why does it matter if it's body shop safe? They're not painting the tires or dash are they?


If so, they almost always hit the car with Prepsol so insure a clean surface as well as sand the area.
 
Don't want to sound like a broke record always saying auto magic but they have several body shop safe dressings.
 
GSRstilez said:
Why does it matter if it's body shop safe? They're not painting the tires or dash are they?


If so, they almost always hit the car with Prepsol so insure a clean surface as well as sand the area.
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Many painters don't even want the products that are not body shop safe in the area. I think that even with the filter system on the paint booth it is possible to have something in the air that can cause a problem during the actual painting process.

And you are right. Hyper Dressing is not body shop safe.

Charles
 
Prepsol will get silicones off the surface, but if there is any in the air after it has been wiped, it will land either on the surface or get caught in the spray. Filters are good for the occasional particulate, but if you take some silicone dressing and spray it around the filter, you'll get fisheyes in the paint. When I paint, if I've used any type of wax or silicone that day, I'll change my clothes and even take a shower.
 
Some car care products have a statement on the container ‘Not Body Shop Safe’ this simply means that if used in an environment where painting is being done the product could be come airborne and land on a surface producing ‘fish eyes’, which will retard new paint from bonding
JonM
 
Picture this- Take a flat surface and rub a smudge of oil in a spot, now pour water on it. The water will "break up". A fisheye is a particle of silicone causing the paint to break up.
 
I have a technician who comes to my shop to do a variety of touchup painting. He refuses to use his airbrush in my shop, due to the airborne silicones in my shop environment. He knows he will encounter fisheyes...

He will spray outside, weather permitting.

FYI.

Jim
 
No first hand proof, but Finish Kare's Top Kote 108 AS says on the label "Body Shop Safe." However, the MSDS says "Aqueous Emulsion Silicone Fluid." So, I'm not sure, but it may work. :dunno
 
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