xxii Additional Refi nishing Equipment ...............624 Masking Equipment ..........................................624 Pressure Washer .................................................625 Painting Platform ...............................................626 Panel Positioners ................................................626 Blasting Equipment ...........................................626 Siphon Blaster .....................................................626 Captive Blaster ...................................................626 Pressure Blaster ..................................................626 Vacuum Blaster ..................................................627 Cabinet Blaster ...................................................627 Infrared Thermometer ......................................627 Paint Shaker ........................................................627 Powder Coating System ...................................627 CHAPTER 26 Refinish Materials 631 Introduction .......................................................632 Types of Paint ....................................................632 Paint Components .............................................633 Binder ..................................................................633 Pigment ...............................................................634 Solvent .................................................................634 Additives .............................................................634 Paint Diluting Elements ....................................634 Topcoats ...............................................................637 Specialty Topcoats .............................................640 Powder Coating .................................................641 Spray-On Bed Liner ...........................................641 Undercoats ..........................................................641 Etchers .................................................................641 Primers ................................................................642 Surfacer ...............................................................644 Sealer ...................................................................644 Dual-Use Undercoats ........................................645 Rock Guard .........................................................646 Adhesion Promoter ...........................................646 Abrasives ............................................................646 Sandpaper ...........................................................646 Blasting Material ................................................648 Cutoff Wheel.......................................................649 Grinding Disk .....................................................649 Abrasive Disks ...................................................650 Abrasive Pads .....................................................651 Sanding Paste .....................................................651 Chemical Paint Removal .................................651 Paint Stripper......................................................651 Cleaners ...............................................................652 Masking Materials .............................................653 Mixing and Straining Supplies ........................655 Buffi ng Materials ...............................................656 CHAPTER 27 Paint Mixing and Reducing 659 Introduction .......................................................660 Paint Mixing .......................................................660 Paint Code ...........................................................660 Paint Part Number .............................................660 Paint Sources ......................................................662 Paint Mixing Equipment ..................................662 Paint Mixing Supplies .......................................664 Paint Formula .....................................................665 Color Creation ....................................................665 Waterborne Color Creation ..............................667 Paint Reduction ..................................................667 Stirring .................................................................667 Reducer Type ......................................................667 Hardener Type....................................................667 Viscosity ..............................................................668 Volume Reduction .............................................668 Weight Reduction ..............................................672 CHAPTER 28 Spray Technique 677 Introduction .......................................................678 Paint Characteristics ..........................................678 Adjustments .......................................................678 Spray Gun Setup ................................................679 Setting up a Conventional Spray Gun ............679 Setting up an HVLP Spray Gun .......................681 Balancing the Spray Gun ..................................682 Pattern Test .........................................................682 Flood Test ............................................................683 Basic Painting Skills .........................................684 Spray Gun Handling ........................................684 Body Position .....................................................684 Fan Orientation ..................................................685 Distance ...............................................................686 Travel Speed .......................................................687