crazygenius13
+1y
We use Standox water-borne at our shop, doing collision repair. The only part that is actually water based is the basecoat. And yes, you can touch up stuff. It works pretty much like the traditional system, except for a few things.
1) you shoot it totally different, it takes far less time to base out the car, and you can lay it on wet wet. 2) you can help the base dry by using a blower on a stand. We use SATA dry-jet system so it is filtered air being blow on the surface3) you must use a regular solvent based wax and grease remover like before, but you must then use a water specific wax and grease remover, that smells like straight rubbing alcohol. And you cannot touch the surface with your hands after that step.4) forget sanding imperfections out of your base. That sh*t never seems to dry all the way and if you try to and it like the old stuff, you will probably tear it.
All that said, I really like it, it's funny to mix up your color and pour water into it to thin it. But since most systems are very new, the color match is iffy. The metallics do weird things, and blacks are hard to get right, so we keep some old style black around for those jobs.