Hey all,
I'm about to spray my split rims in Protec camouflage green - 342-1166 and would like to know what the thinner is to this paint and if I'll need to order it specially?
Also, I'd like to know if you folks think that this paint is tough enough for splittys, or if there is something tougher out there?
Do it in 2K paint for rims if you can. Why?
I’ve had to wait for over two weeks for this paint to cure enough to apply a fastener to this enamel without a fastener crushing or screwing it off the painted surface…
Should you use it? Depends on what you want the paint to look like further down the track, if you want the stressed look “just been dragged through the bush” in the future it will be perfect. If you just park it in a shed it will always look new. Was told by Protec expect to lose half the colour every two years in green and one year for black. There is next to none UV protection in this paint otherwise it would shine...
Don’t take my word for this alone.
A test you can do is by buying an aerosol tin and do a test. (It’s exactly the same as the “public pot paint” they sell.) Do an abrasion test over a period of time(days and weeks), you will see that in two months’ time you could drag just a fingernail through the paint marking it. A small branch in the scrub will take this all the way to the primer. (Their etch primer is reasonably hard and should offer bare metal protection in most cases)
Another experience I’ve had with Protec paints is the difference in the shade of the same colour code. So buy it all in one go what you need in a pot and don’t expect every spray can to be the same shade as well.
You have choices –below-This is a colour codes for dulux. Note this green is the pre Aus. Cam Green. BTW I have not seen a green rim in the Aus. Cam. It’s always been in the old olive drab, but faded. The only Aus. Cam Rims I have seen was in 2K Pilbara Brown.
These colours is off the Dulux master codes.
Do a search, there is a company in Melbourne that does 2K paint in aerosol tins (they work under the same principal as a can of “draft Guinness beer” they have a second compartment in the can that you activate it before using. They colour match and fill to paint codes. They are one of the only companies in Australia to do this ATM.
Hope this helps you decide.
Phil