im sure ppg proably sells a thinner for the dp90 but will regular laquar thinner work? hope so, its what ive been using. if this is wrong what can i expect? thanks Dave

The ONLY thinner that you should be using is DT reducer. Lacquer thinner,actone, MTK or whatever SHOULD NOT BE USED.

The last time I bought a gallon of DT reducer was 2 days it cost the shop 23-24 bucks.

23-24 bucks is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the amount of repair that might and probably will happen. When you dump that thinner into DPLF you are changing its chemical makeup. How do you know when you go to topcoat it the paint will stick or that the epoxy will just loose its adhesion all together???

PPG and all the other companies spends millions of dollars and thousands of man hours to perfect the products that they sell. So when they say it will do this and that, IT WILL.

Sorry but paint products are NOT meant to be mixed and matched simply cus you dont have the PROPER components. Simply because it worked for some product ten years DOES NOT mean that it will work on this modern day product. graemlins/sad.gif

Thats why you need to read the tech sheets and FULLY UNDERSTAND the products you inteed to spray long before you even load up the paint gun!!!...Eric

opps. the point is taken. the guys at the locale paint store here said "no Problem" live and learn i guess. thanks

I do not recommend it but have done it in the past with no ill effects. Mike

I do not have near the autobody paint experience as most on this site, but do have military aircraft paint experience. Always follow the recommended instructions regardless of "short term" testing or experience. The products of today will only perform as advertised if the instructions are followed. All (most) paint manufacturers spend allot of time and money on R&D prior to the product even being offered to the public for these purposes. If instructions are not followed or material substitutions are used, the long term effects can be fading, peeling, premature corrosion, lack of adhesion etc.

I am pretty sure you will be ok with what you already have on, but I would definitely use the proper materials from here out, even if costly.

Due to increasingly strict environmental laws the make-up of todays paint materials make it allot more important to follow the instructions than before (tack times, cleanliness, cure times, prep wash etc.)