SPRAY painters ... Henkel, Autophoretic® ?

[treekiller]

Henkel, Autophoretic®?
anyone use it ?
know anything about it ?
http://automotive.henkel.com/Brands/Autophoretic/

Got a guy wanting me to use it and I've never messed with any of there stuff that I remember.
any first hand experience ?
Quirks ?

Edit: this stuff is some kind of powder coat that takes baking to set , I'll have to call him back ,I'm not set up to do this type of stuff and don't want to be .
Forget I asked, he said it was a two step paint on the phone that he wanted to use on his bike frame.

Mod: you can delete this if you want
TL

[robot]

It is not a powder coat, it is a water based product. Ask your customer where he can buy this stuff, that will probably shut the idea down...it usually is a bulk tank purchase. These type of automotive coatings are geared to an automated process and are justified by the number of parts that can be coated in a given time....throughput.

[treekiller]

I didn't call him yet but i'll put that question to him when i do . I'll look tonight to see if i can get anymore info on this stuff. He's looking for a color he seen on a machine at a paper mill or something and thats where the idea came from. I told him up front i've never used the stuff or even heard of it , so I left it up in the air.

Thanks for the reply.

[robot]

Go to this site.....it explains the process and will convince anyone that they dont want to try this at home!!!!
http://www.excel-sales.com/line/coating2.htm

This isnt your low volume coating. Now, if he gives you a few million bucks......

[treekiller]

HaaaaHaaaa "I have no business working w/this stuff "

I made the call and visited for a while explained what I learned and he pushed his point ,
I turned the job down under the conditions ,
He changed his mind and is now coming over this week to look at a few samples I've got, to pick colors .

he didn't have any idea , he thought it was a normal spray just easier, because it was 2 stage w/a funny feel . ya, a feeling of funny latex ....

Thanks ... robot (I don't know your name, sorry) for the enlightenment

ya learn sumth'n new every day ... if your lucky.

T L

[robot]

Show him the web page describing the process....not a backyard (or even mid-sized shop) process!! The stuff offers really consistent thicknesses....so a bike frame would have excellent coverage where tubes meet and on the tube diameter....stuff that is tough to shoot by hand. I see why he was impressed with the stuff....it just is not something that he can have a single part run.

mike in tucson

[treekiller]

I will Mike ,thanks again.