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Prepare Thickener and Paint

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How to thicken paint. Paint for Cabinet Tips you need to know.

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • CW 9002 Water-Based Thickener
  • Paint can opener
  • Paint (e.g
  • 2K poly or polyurethane)

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soap to your paint to get it to level out i wouldn't add soap to my paint i just use excitement exim latex extender but i started messing around the product and starting to change the viscosities to get a thicker you know um 2k poly and i started adding a tablespoon of the product in there it thickened it up it was really nice i really liked it i started using it right away i'm like i want it a little bit thicker i got to a point where one of the gallons i added uh three tablespoons to the gallon and what i noticed that it actually takes a little bit of time for it to thicken and by adding multiple tablespoons i didn't think it was thick enough but then i realized it takes about 30 minutes for the thickener to really um work well and thicken it to fit and thicken the paint or coating to um the viscosity that it's actually doing or how it's actually supposed to act so give it some time put your thickener in there stir it in there gives it some give it some time to do the work and thicken the product don't be in a hurry and i'm going to say probably 30 minutes to an hour before you begin using the product um or

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