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SPI is pleased to announce that many colors in our basecoat and single stage lines are now available in quart sizes. Please click on “Pricing” to see which colors are available.

The decision to make the front and back of the 2006.5 Technical Manual full color has been a great success! The front cover features photos of the ‘66 Y1 Mustang, the Blackened Mustang, The RedRunner and the Mail Order Camaro while the back cover features a collage of custom cars, bikes including an airplane that were all painted with SPI products and are also featured here on our website under “Photos”.

#2020 Intercoat Clear / Color Blender Clear from SPI has become an instant success with outstanding feedback from end-users across the country. It typically mixes 1:1 with SPI Urethane Grade Reducer thought it can be reduced even more and some of its most common uses are:

- Jambing clear,
- Metallic basecoat leveling
- Metallic blending
- In between multiple colors of basecoat when applying art work
- Lock-down clear

This intercoat clear is initially available in gallons (quarts will be available shortly) and it sells to the shop for about $65 per gallon. You now can easily replace your SG100, DBU/DBC 500 or 895 business with this new SPI product as feedback has been outstanding! Painters are telling us this product has excellent clarity, fast tape times even with multiple coats and excellent sprayability!

#4200 Series Universal Single Stage Paint is currently available in TRUE Black and PURE White (pure bright white tint only) and it mixes 1:1 with Universal Clear Activators. Imagine an extremely High Solids Single Stage for about $22 per sprayable quart to the shop that not only sprays but buffs like a dream….exactly like our Universal Clear! If you like our Universal Clear then you will love our 2 coat to buff Universal Single Stage Paint. The following markets are raving over our new single stage already:

- Body Shops
- RV Body Shops
- Fleet Shops
- Bus Shops
- General Aviation Painters (smaller airplanes like Cessna’s, Piper’s and Beech’s)

Updated 2006.5 SPI Technical Manuals are currently available at Baker PBE and the Tech Sheets on www.SouthernPolyurethanes.com coincide with these manuals as well. All new SPI products mentioned in this news letter are featured in the new printed technical manuals.

YearOne’s recently completed 1969 “RedRunner” convertible is 100% SPI products including our Epoxy, Turbo Primer, Viper Red Basecoat and Universal Clear. It recently won the Mopar Choice Award at Good Guys in Ohio. Watch for this spectacular ride at major car shows across the nation and featured in muscle car magazines.

NEW! Basecoats

The SPI basecoats are getting great reviews. The most frequent comments from painters, is that they lay down nice and the coverage is great. Along with a Black Black base SPI has Bright/Flame Red, Torch Red, Viper Red and Viper Blue.

These colors are very popular with street rod builders, as well for allover paint jobs. At 69.00 per gallon to the shop for black and $175 per gallon for the reds (all reduce 1:1 yielding 2 gallons sprayable) these ultra-high-end basecoats can’t be beat.

NEW! White and Black Turbo Primer

White-Turbo Primer is another new SPI product, listed with the part #6320-1 on the price sheet. One of the major complaints by the painters today, is the white bases just don’t cover like they used to. SPI’s new White-Turbo Primer can be used without a sealer, saving both time and money for the shop.

Another advantage is that the shop can put both of the White-Turbo, and the Black-Turbo primer on a mixing machine and by mixing the two, create any shade gray they want for hiding base color. One of our restoration shops gave me this advice last week; apply one coat of Black-Turbo Primer then two coats of white, wet on wet, for the first blocking. This is a great idea and will save on fooling with guide coat.

NEW! HS 2.1 VOC Clear 4:1

The price sheet also lists HS 2.1 VOC CLEAR, clear that meets all of the VOC requirements for southern California. This clear mixes 4:1 for people that like that particular

mix. This clear has three activators for doing everything from spot work to allovers.

HS 2.1 is a very user friendly clear, it sprays great, has a high gloss level, and also buffs great. Other shops may find this clear useful in the hot months, for allover paint jobs as this has the slowest drying activator.

Southern Polyurethanes clears LOVE hot and humid booths!

Epoxy that lays slick and sands great

Note that the epoxy tech sheets now read that bare metal or aluminum needs to be sanded with an 80 grit DA before coating with SPI Epoxy. This is a change from past recommendations for 80-180 prepping. Resin manufacturers have pointed out that by using grits finer than an 80, the epoxy may have a hard time getting into the scratches, and an air pocket could form resulting in a loss of adhesion.

Over the next year, look for other paint companies to go to the 80-grit recommendation. This is due, in part, to resin solvents being changed to meet different VOC laws.

Polar Accelerator

Now that it’s cold out, take a look at SPI’s Polar Accelerator. It’s the best out there, and works in any 2K Urethane Primer, Urethane or Polyurethane Clear. This is the one item you can carry into a shop that is not currently buying anything from you, and once you explain the benefits of this product, you will have an immediate sale. At a cost of $21.00/qt to the shop it can’t be beat.

Labels

Most of you have probably noticed some changes to SPI’s labels. As we reorder, the labels will be dressed up with block lettering and some modifications of color. The label color of the hardener and clear will continue to match, preventing errors. Other changes include making the part number easier to read on both the slow and fast activator, by changing the both coloring and the letter style. So far the feedback has been positive and any ideas you may have are always welcome.