sand em n paint em will be fine!
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Hmm.. anything you guys could recommend to add as the flex agent? I'm not sure if I will go to the trouble of adding it or not. Afterall, this is only a $500 beater 
If you want to use a flex agent just go and buy it for the brand of paint your useing any autobody supply shop should carry it or at least where you bought the paint!fourdoorz said:Hmm.. anything you guys could recommend to add as the flex agent? I'm not sure if I will go to the trouble of adding it or not. Afterall, this is only a $500 beater
they didn't use a flex agent on my bumpers, they're cracked pretty good after 7 years.
ah yea that sux guess it's just luck in my case maby lolwhitelightning2 said:they didn't use a flex agent on my bumpers, they're cracked pretty good after 7 years.
You really don't need a flex agent. As long as you pre clean it really good. I always use a Plastic Prep, and then when I go to mix the paint I put a little bit of fish eye reducer in with it. I've sprayed alot of plastics in the body shop and I havent had any troubles. When spraying Plastics your going to run into the problems of fish eyein more than anything, even if you clean it the best you could its usually still there!!! Most generally when the paint cracks its due to the paint/clear being to thick, not using the right supplies (using different brands), filler being to thick, not pre cleaning good enough, or just plain car accidents.
Most generally when the paint cracks its due to the paint/clear being to thick, not using the right supplies (using different brands), filler being to thick, not pre cleaning good enough, or just plain car accidents.
thank you didn't think you really needed a flex agent :wink:blackwidowz24 said:You really don't need a flex agent. As long as you pre clean it really good. I always use a Plastic Prep, and then when I go to mix the paint I put a little bit of fish eye reducer in with it. I've sprayed alot of plastics in the body shop and I havent had any troubles. When spraying Plastics your going to run into the problems of fish eyein more than anything, even if you clean it the best you could its usually still there!!!
Like I said....it's always best to use it but you don't have to In the autobody industry there are tons of shortcuts, either you do or don't. If you really want to get technical on FLEX agent then your suppose to use it for primer to but most people don't. Flex agent is just for saftey measures. Like I said, I hardly ever use it and nobody has complained yet. The first thing that I actually sprayed was a plastic bumper and the teacher was explaining adhesion promotor, and the proper ways of cleaning plastics, and also how to identify a plastic. And I know for a fact that the bumper hasn't cracked yet. Now I've been working for a major bodyshop here where I live and they don't use it either. I guess it depends I guess, I know what Flex agent does but the only additive that I use is Fish Eye Reducer. The Body Shop that I work at has been around for over 20yrs and Walter said that they haven't had any problems yet. So I guess, it's up to you whether you use it or not. When it starts crackin I'll use it, untill then I won't. :wink:
In the autobody industry there are tons of shortcuts, either you do or don't. If you really want to get technical on FLEX agent then your suppose to use it for primer to but most people don't. Flex agent is just for saftey measures. Like I said, I hardly ever use it and nobody has complained yet. The first thing that I actually sprayed was a plastic bumper and the teacher was explaining adhesion promotor, and the proper ways of cleaning plastics, and also how to identify a plastic. And I know for a fact that the bumper hasn't cracked yet. Now I've been working for a major bodyshop here where I live and they don't use it either. I guess it depends I guess, I know what Flex agent does but the only additive that I use is Fish Eye Reducer. The Body Shop that I work at has been around for over 20yrs and Walter said that they haven't had any problems yet. So I guess, it's up to you whether you use it or not. When it starts crackin I'll use it, untill then I won't. :wink:1 - 20 of 27 Posts
