Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.162.219] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.2.8) with HTTP id 658607 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:55:31 -0500 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Paint and primer To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.2.8 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:55:31 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20050204133940.84854.qmail@web80701.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050204133940.84854.qmail@web80701.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for daniel newland : Pure micro is always a bear to work with. I always use a mixture of micro and fumed silics (like Cab-O-sil). Micro is lousy as a thixotrope. If you add enough to where it will hang vertically, it is so viscous as to be unspreadable almost. Very "dough-y". Cab-O-Sil is a lot harder and if used as the only thixotrope, is like vasoline and kind of elastic, i.e. when spread, it pulls a bit then rebounds. But if you mix about 25% Cabo with balloons, it spreads and hangs MUCH better. If you really want a creamy easy to spread mix, add about 75% Cabo and 25% balloons (by volume). Dan Newland