Eric's C21

[cape_fisherman]

Have you considered spraying...or are you stuck on rolling?

[Eric1]

Have you considered spraying...or are you stuck on rolling?

I wish I could spray but I have nowhere to do it. Rolling will have to do.

[glossieblack]

Given your persistence, her paint job will turn out great.

[Noles309]

I started with a trip to Lowes. They mixed the EMC Surface primer for me. Just to check it

Did Lowes just shake it for you or did you trust them to add the reducer/catalyst? If you relied on them to really mix the primer for you that may be your answer. Just asking because it really wasn't clear to me. I took kiwi grip there to be tinted and they looked at me like I had two heads. They have absolutely no experience in dealing with automotive or marine type coatings.

[Eric1]

I started with a trip to Lowes. They mixed the EMC Surface primer for me. Just to check it

Did Lowes just shake it for you or did you trust them to add the reducer/catalyst? If you relied on them to really mix the primer for you that may be your answer. Just asking because it really wasn't clear to me. I took kiwi grip there to be tinted and they looked at me like I had two heads. They have absolutely no experience in dealing with automotive or marine type coatings.

All Lowes did was shake the product. I also mixed it with a stir mixer. No reducer was added.

[Eric1]

Well, As promised Robin got new primer, activator and reducer to me today.
I'm waiting on a respirator and filters to come in. The chemicals made my head a little swimmy after I did the transom.
Yesterday evening after sanding this stuff I was wheezy and not breathing well. I looked everywhere this morning but could not find my old respirator so waiting on Amazon.

[Fuzz]

Good move getting a respirator. Male sure you have the right cartridge for what you are working with. When doing heavy sanding/grinding I like to use a full face respirator. It sure seems to me like a lot of the paint products are nasty to work with. And to make it worse I think the better the paint the more nasty it is to work with. Be interesting to hear what others think.

[TomW1]

I agree with Fuzz make sure you have the right cartridge or you may as well not be using the respirator.

Tom

[cvincent]

I use a couple of box fans upwind to suck the fumes away from the boat and out my garage door. The fans are not explosion proof, but so far so good.

[Aripeka Angler]

I'm guessing you bought a 3m mask or something similar.
You want a OV or VOC cartridge. I have the cartridge product model numbers for 3m at the shop.
If you need them, give me a holler.
Good to hear that EMC is taking care of you