New Clearcoat Product

[Joe Pelonio]

Working on some sandblasted and laser engraved signs with a lot of hand painting and some vinyl on them. Normally I'd use the One-Shot U/V over it to protect the paint and the vinyl from being peeled by passers-by but it's expensive and requires getting out the spray gun. I happened to be at my local Fred Meyer which has an amazing Krylon selection and found something I hadn't seen before, Clear Polyurethane. It's supposed to be non-yellowing, dries in 15 minutes and made to go over any kind of paint. So I decided to make myself and this job a guinea pig. First I experimented with the same paint and vinyl to make sure there were no issues of lifting or melting, then went ahead and did the 3 signs.

Just finished the second coat, and will probably do one more. Seems to be fine so far, nice and hard, and really nice fine mist nozzle. Tomorrow I install the signs and will post pictures back on the original thread:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=134099

[Robert Alexander]

Normally I'd use the One-Shot U/V over it to protect the paint and the vinyl from being peeled by passers-by but it's expensive and requires getting out the spray gun.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=134099


Joe what is the life expectancy for U/V coatings on wood painted surfaces? signs?

[Joe Pelonio]

The One-Shot product I have been using has easily lasted 10 years, without the color underneath fading outdoors. Mind you while we get 40"
of rain, we don't get much sun which is harder on signs than rain. The stuff is $49/quart.