freeagent Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 decided to have a crack at fixing a dent in the back of my Disco today... I bought all the paint from a company on the web, got this far... only to discover the tin of blue paint contained a clear liquid, and no pigment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Wasn't laquer was it? Paint finishes tend to be base coat and then a clear laquer on top. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I picked a nice deep red paint from a paint chart and when I got it home it was bright pillar box red, the guy had transposed two digits in the code before mixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Wasn't laquer was it? Paint finishes tend to be base coat and then a clear laquer on top.Les. No, I have another tin with laquer in it, the offending tin has the correct landrover paint code written on the outside, just not the correct paint inside.. I think they have just sent me a tin with the carrier in it, without any pigment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Did you shake the tin? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Blue tin?? Clear liquid? better get to specsavers before you run out of WD40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRX Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Must be the new invisible paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 If the paint you were supplied has been on a shelf for some time the tints will have settled to the bottom. The colour element & metallic/pearls - the tints - settle to the bottom & you will see a clear liquid. This is the 'binders' and will make up a large proportion of the can contents. I assume of course that you HAVE tried stirring the contents? Although the supplier might have cocked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 its an aerosol can which i shock for a good 10-15mins, so if it had settled it should have woken up. I phoned the paint company who said it probably went out with just the 'carrier' in the tin, and no pigment... there should be a new tin in the post today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Ahhhh an aerosol Think we thought you'd had a tin - as in take the lid off, stir & pour out into spraygun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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