Quote Originally Posted by crashforfun
i did what jim suggested in his first post and it worked great on a test panel. but will give hotrodpaint's method a try on my next one and see what gives me the best results. however i had always heard not to mix paint brands is it ok to use dupont 222s with HOK paint? thanks for all your input it is greatly appreciated.
Sorry I didn't answer sooner. I intermix HOK, X-otic, Sherwin Williams and R-M daily, with no problems. The technology is pretty much the same for most companies.

If you are in doubt about adhesion, just mist a light coat of 222S. It is very watery, and runs easily! I use it whenever I am painting over old well-cured surfaces. I scotchbrite them first.

I don't worry too much about the paint companies standing behind their paint. The guarantee isn't worth much, because the most they will ever do is give you a can of paint, but they won't pay for all of your prior labor, or the time to redo it all, which is worth a hell of a lot more!

I realized this when I had a black paintjob go bad many years ago, due to bad catalyst. I was sitting there looking at the box of paint, and then realized I had several days of work ahead of me, that I would not be paid for.