Industry News – General News
Both PPG Envirobase and Aquabase Plus waterborne systems have released a new 1K primer! Just mix 10% by weight with T494 or P980-5000 reducer and go! For use on all popular automotive substrates (properly prepared): steel, aluminum, galvanized, E-coat, existing paint finishes and most plastics. …
Auto manufacturers have always toyed with various body panels made of aluminum, but apparently it’s getting serious. By 2015, a large percentage of vehicles around the world will have aluminum bodies, obviously to reduce the weight of a vehicle and make them more fuel efficient…..but not to make them less expensive. …
Excuse me, not just drying but curing, and it’s happening in Europe. Even with the advanced chemistry of paint like PPG’s DC2000 Ultra High Velocity Clear, nobody out there has something that will dry, let alone cure, in less than 60 seconds. …
You really need to see this. PPG has launched a new website dedicated to just color identification for automotive painters called Paint It. Go to http://www.ppgpaintit.com/ and pick a year. Immediately all colors for all cars that year show up in a checkerboard pattern. …
