Posts from — November 2009

PPG’s EC 700 And EC 750 Water Borne Clear Coat

I was able to spray the new PPG clear coat EC700 last week and was really impressed with its overall ease of use and final appearance. My PPG paint representative Rob Festa was in to provide me the technical information on the new clear coat and offered to show me how the new clear works. We used fast hardener on a one panel job and I was impressed on how quickly we were able to complete the clear coat process. This clear is a one visit clear which means it’s back to back. One juicy coat followed by another and your all done. Immediately following the last pass you are hitting the bake button on your paint booth.

This clear cost is specifically designed to go over PPG’s Envirobase HP basecoat. The mixing ratio is 4:1 and uses no reducers. I sprayed a three panel repair with this new clear coat and used medium hardener. I liked the way the EC700 laid down better using a slower hardener selection. I would like to spray and front end job to see how it lays out on flat panels like a hood. Overall I am very impressed with the new EC700 clear coat from PPG.

I will keep you posted as to how the flat panel repairs work out with the slow hardener. This new clear will be more productive as it is a one visit clear coat. This will translate into a few more cars being painted every day.