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Slowly Incorporate Catalyst

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Catalyzing your paint. Do's and Dont's!

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What happens here

After adding the thickener (if desired), the next crucial step is to add the catalyst. The presenter emphasizes the importance of slowly stirring in the catalyst rather than dumping it in quickly, as rapid addition can cause the paint to 'flash harden' prematurely. He uses a measuring cup marked in ounces to accurately measure 5 ounces of Centurion Water-Based Catalyst (CW-4002) for the batch of paint he is using, aiming for an 8% catalysis rate for furniture. He carefully pours the catalyst into the paint while simultaneously stirring slowly with a stir stick to ensure even incorporation and prevent hardening.

Tools and materials

  • Measuring Cup (64 oz)
  • Rubber Gloves
  • Stir Stick

What they say

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other crazy things on ratios and stuff. I don't pay attention to any of that. It's just the side right here that measures ounces. So this measured out 64 ounces did the calculation 8%. It comes up to 5% catalyst. Now I'm going to pour my catalyst in there. Here's centering catalyst. Don't be fooled by this. This is one that got paint spilled all over it. It's the exact same thing just using this first when it was shipped. One of the gallons of paint actually opened up and got all over it. So I'm just going to measure out on here five ounces. Now when you dump in your catalyst, this is extremely important. You don't want to just dump it in right there. If you just dump it in, what's going to happen is you're going to flash harden this stuff. It's going to make it get hard super fast. You want to just slowly stir it in. So I'm going to measure off my ounces, five ounces. So pretty close to five. Now I'm just going to use a stir stick. I'm going to start to slowly stir in my catalyst. I do not want to dump it in fast super fast. I'm just going to slowly stir it in. The catalyst doesn't you don't have to have a sweat time to it like some epoxy, some two part coatings. You have to let it sweat, which means you got to let it set for a certain period of time and activate it. There is no sweat time on this product. As soon as I mix it, I'm ready to go to start spraying it. I do have a pot life. You need to pay attention to that pot life because you could ruin your sprayer. If you don't clean it out, you'll be for it hardens

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