Sikkens AutoWave Water Based Basecoat DOES NOT CONTAIN IsoCyanates(!)

[Tom and Vipers]

Yippee

Now we just need to get the primers and basecoats over here that they are already using in Europe.

The stuff is odorless too.

Great news for all the renegade body shops out there...

Tom

PS. There is already a water based Autowave Filler which is not recommended for large area applications. It has a film thickness of 1.5 mills. I basically goes over metal, washes, primers, polyester body fillers, etc.

The European product is AutoWave Primer Undercoat

The other European products are AutoWave BaseCoat and AutoClear WB.

Bring it on

 

[GTSnake]

For us non auto body types what does this mean in english? At first I thought that isocyanates was for exposing fingerprints.

Obviously there's no fumes but what about performance?

 

[Tom and Vipers]

GTSnake,

Great question.

Iso cyanates are extremely toxic components of the hardener used for urethane paints. They were first used with catalyst was made available for acrylic enamels.

Its not so much that they are toxic but rather the way they poison you.

If it was merely through inhalation, then any of the traditional respirators out there would be fine.

The only problem is that these pretty much go right thru the skin. They are attracted to water, so absorption thru the eyes is great.

This led to the use of "fresh air systems" where basically you are in a presurized hazmat suit. You seal off your entire body from these vapors.

Now, with the water based stuff:

NO Isocyanates, and
NO Odors.

This is basically a dream come true.

The big question will be just what are the toxic components of this paint system. Hopefully, there will be nothing that can be absorbed thru the skin via gaseous phase. Obviously if you stuck your hand in the paint, there might be a problem, however, if you stick you hand in any water based house paint, there is not a great risk of poisoning.

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What I like about this is that I did some painting 30 years ago with the acrylic lacquers and enamels. I'm starting to see there are a few paint jobs I need to do and if I can completely eliminate ever using isocyanates and move right on to water based, I will make great effort to do that.