Evaluate Topcoat Options: Cross-linking vs. Catalyzing

water resistance now when it comes to the top coat should you cross-link or catalyze the top coat so you do have the option it's a 2k product that you can do either so what is a cross linking do cross linking adding a cross linker at 15 is going to add more chemical resistance and it's going to add more water resistance to your coating which is pretty important when it comes to cabinet coating vanity coating and in bathrooms and it could could even make a difference on an entertainment center so cross linking adds chemical resistance and it adds more water resistance and chemical resistance is important because there's a lot of cleaners a lot of chemicals underneath people's kitchen sinks so do you really need to cross link the 2800 series 2k poly 2k poly just in in talking to the chemist who designed it and created it for century encodings he doesn't think you need to cross-link it because it's already um a superior product to begin with and he doesn't think it adds a whole lot by cross-linking it but he does highly recommend catalyzing it and catalyzing it is a different process cross-linking it when you cross link it you can it doesn't add a hardener to it so the product doesn't harden it doesn't have a pot life where it's going to harden where it could ruin your sprayer or you cannot use the product after the pot life ends you can take a product that's been catalyzed and the pot life would be over uh five to six hours and