SG100 Intercoat Clear Question

I am painting a helmet using Dupli-Color as my base and Auto Air for the artwork. My question is, can i use HK's SG100 intercoat clear to protect the base, then apply the Auto Air paint, and then apply Dupli-Color clear as the final step. Didn't know whether this mixture of the 3 would be compatible with one another. Thanks for your time and help!

Jim

[DixieRambler]

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Jim

[DixieRambler]

Hey Ms. Peanut,

Thanks for the reply. I'll give a test panel a try. The Dupli-Color final clear is in a quart can. I buy it from my local Advance Auto parts. So I'll be spraying it with a gun. I assume the formula in the quart can is the same found in a rattle can. Not knowing the chemical properties and what they do when applied together is what puzzles me. HOK SG100 says it contains Acetate, Xylene, Ketones, Toluene along with various resins. Dupli-Color says it is an Acrylic Lacquer containing the same chemicals mentioned in HOK SG100. In my uneducated way of thinking, it would appear that they might be compatible with one another. However, I think a test panel, as you suggested, is in order. Hope all goes well, and by the way, that's a great looking batch of puppies you have!

Thanks again,

Jim

[Diaz Dezine]

I'm guessin you will be ok Jim. I would let the inter coat dry real well and maybe scuff it lightly with some 800 grit wet just to make sure the AA has some tooth.
The sad thing here is that I dont use any AA to tell you for sure but if I had to use it thats what I would do.
There are quite a few people here that use AA so hopefully they will throw out some suggestions your way. But I feel you will be ok.
DIAZ

[patoche]

Hi

You can use SG100 without any problem.
SG100 can used to cover AA and be covered by AA and all acrylic paints without any problem.
The only prob whitch could happen would be with your clear coat !
SG100 is just a bender and don't need hardener , you should try on a small panel the reaction between SG100 and your clear!
But i think you shoudn't get any problem if you let the SG100 dry perfectly.
I have already spray all sort of ctalysed or not clear (even acrylics solvented one) and never get a prob.

pat

[DixieRambler]

Thanks Pat, Peanut and Lee,

I'll give it a try and let you know how it turned out.

Thanks again,

Jim

[DixieRambler]

Originally Posted by yardartnut

JIm,
OUr Advance dont have the Qts..[sorry for the assumption on my part of the rattle can].we are such a small town ,less than 1000 people, we ae lucky that sunshine finds us .......

It got so confusing for me at one time in my starting days I made my own formula:
Whatever type Id use as a primer/base, use the same type for clearing.....[very un-scientific, just like a southerner ahahaha] but it worked..then I went to uros and forgot about the others.

Good luck ...let us know how it came out.........

Hey Peanut,

I never knew our Advance here carried it until I was in there one day and saw it. They always had the rattle cans. Being as lazy as I am and not wanting drive 15 miles and back to the paint store, I picked some up. Have had it for awhile now and thought I'd give it a try. Your observation of using the same products from base to clear is probably the best way to go anyhow. I think the unscientific, southerner way is the category I fall in as well The helmet is for my cousin, so if I mess it up he won't give me too much grief. He's a good guy and probably will laugh it off and still take me fishing!!!! Blood is thicker than paint.

Thanks again,

Jim

[KDSilverBrush]

I would say, as long as your not spraying enamel over acrylic, or vice versa, ya should be ok, if the formulation is the same.