U-Pol Raptor

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

Evening all,

I'm just wondering if anyone has sprayed their landy with U-Pol's Raptor coating? I've seen a few coated in the stuff at shows and bit the bullet and bought a kit.

I've got a general idea on how to use it (key up surface, prime bare metal, 2 coats an hour apart), but I don't know what sort of paint to use for the tintable version. Is it just standard 2 pack paint that I need to mix it with?

Any other advice on how to use the product would be greatly appreciated.

neilly · Feb 26, 2018

A couple of nutters who may be able to help are...

@Tommyharris and @bankz5152

Both I beieve have played with the above mentioned witches brew.

Cheers

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

neilly said:
A couple of nutters who may be able to help are...

Cheers neilly! Being a newbie, will they see the tag in this post or should I shoot them a message?

neilly · Feb 26, 2018

Mr Spitfire said:
Cheers neilly! Being a newbie, will they see the tag in this post or should I shoot them a message?

They should see that they have been tagged. When they log on next.

Cheers

Turboman · Feb 26, 2018

Mr Spitfire said:
Cheers neilly! Being a newbie, will they see the tag in this post or should I shoot them a message?

The tag will come up on their screen when they log in.

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

Thanks both, hopefully I can get some advice from them on how best to do it.

bankz5152 · Feb 26, 2018

Ive not used the tintable but have a look at Buzzweld.

When you paint prep is key! Make sure its spotlessly clean and properly degreased or it can come away after a while.

You can recoat as soon as its fully touch dry. Be aware once its on it is a nightmare to remove!

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

bankz5152 said:
Ive not used the tintable but have a look at Buzzweld.

I’ve already got myself some timetable raptor and was hoping to spray it in the cattle shed this weekend, but I’ll check out Buzzweld.

Speaking of Buzzweld, have you used any of their LizardSkin range? Since my disco has been off the road I have stripped out all of the carpets and I’m just wondering if this will make things noisy in the cab; if so whether the LizardSkin sound control would make a difference?

kevstar · Feb 26, 2018

Here's a link for you mate........you need a urethane base for the tint

http://www.raptorcoatings.com/files/3060/up4800-SDS-EN

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

kevstar said:
Here's a link for you mate........you need a urethane base for the tint

http://www.raptorcoatings.com/files/3060/up4800-SDS-EN

Great, cheers mate! It says solvent based and mentions 2k so that’s standard 2pack (I think). I’ll pick up a couple of litres and just give it a go, I can always respray over it if it goes badly

kevstar · Feb 26, 2018

Mr Spitfire said:
Great, cheers mate! It says solvent based and mentions 2k so that’s standard 2pack (I think). I’ll pick up a couple of litres and just give it a go, I can always respray over it if it goes badly

I thought standard 2 pack was Acrylic ?? plus you get 2k epoxy & 2k isocyanate !!

Jam1 · Feb 26, 2018

Bad time of year / bad weather for spraying anything without a booth, heating etc.

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

kevstar said:
I thought standard 2 pack was Acrylic ?? plus you get 2k epoxy & 2k isocyanate !!

I’ve no idea to be honest, I don’t know a lot about it all. I might head down to my local sprayers and ask them about it. The U-Pol chap told me to use a “solvent based paint dye” to tint it with

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

Jam1 said:
Bad time of year / bad weather for spraying anything without a booth, heating etc.

I’m going to be doing it in the cattle shed so no wind or rain etc., however it will still be bloody cold in there. Reckon that could affect it much?

kevstar · Feb 26, 2018

Raptor is urethane based paint you need urethane base tint as in my first post buddy

bankz5152 · Feb 26, 2018

Mr Spitfire said:
I’ve already got myself some timetable raptor and was hoping to spray it in the cattle shed this weekend, but I’ll check out Buzzweld.

Speaking of Buzzweld, have you used any of their LizardSkin range? Since my disco has been off the road I have stripped out all of the carpets and I’m just wondering if this will make things noisy in the cab; if so whether the LizardSkin sound control would make a difference?

LizardSkin is fantastic. Better than Dynamat imo (cheaper too if doing a lot), if you check thread from Nov last year youll see my doing all the LS work.

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

kevstar said:
Raptor is urethane based paint you need urethane base tint as in my first post buddy

My bad I’m trying to get my head round it all, all these different types of paint are confusing

So if I go to my sprayers and ask them to order or mix me some urethane based paint in my chosen colour with the bs code they’ll know what I mean?

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

bankz5152 said:
LizardSkin is fantastic. Better than Dynamat imo (cheaper too if doing a lot), if you check thread from Nov last year youll see my doing all the LS work.

I’ll check it out! Cheers mate

kevstar · Feb 26, 2018

Mr Spitfire said:
My bad I’m trying to get my head round it all, all these different types of paint are confusing

So if I go to my sprayers and ask them to order or mix me some urethane based paint in my chosen colour with the bs code they’ll know what I mean?

I would hope so take raptor the with you

Mr Spitfire · Feb 26, 2018

kevstar said:
I would hope so take raptor the with you

Good idea, thanks mate!

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