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Permalink Reply by Tommy Walker on April 19, 2009 at 7:21pm

Hi Patrick,

I think Cortec is a great product. I thin mine with lacquer thinner and keep a small quantity mixed up in a plastic container for daily use. The lacquer thinner helps it to dry quickly. I apply it with a sponge. I usually take a regular kitchen sponge and slice a 1 inch wide strip. I dip it in the cortec and slide it along the area to be protected. That is probably the same as you are doing with the sponge brush. I only protect the surfaces that mate against another surface.

You may be putting the Cortec on too thick. I have just a thin coating of the Cortec on the surfaces I am mating.

I hope this helps,

Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Underwood on April 20, 2009 at 9:23am

I'll strip the parts--I imagine lacquer thinner will work for this too--and try thinning with same. Tommy, how thin do you make it? 1:1 or so?

I thought the drying time was ~3 hours but actually the coating was much harder this morning after drying overnight. Still pretty thick, though, so I'll try it again.

Thanks for the help!
Patrick

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Permalink Reply by joseph aloof on July 3, 2009 at 12:21am

hi patrick i have the cortec and works well you have to thin it with water `15-25 dilution and use a brush joe

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Richardson on July 3, 2009 at 6:34am

My original understanding was to thin it with water also, and it worked well with my project. It always seemed contrary to thin it with the very stuff you use to remove it if needed.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Underwood on July 8, 2009 at 1:44pm

Hmmm, well, paints are pigments dissolved in solvents. For example, latex paint, which uses water as a solvent, is thinned with water. So I'm not worried about that.

I thinned my Cortec 50% with denatured alcohol and it went on great with a foam brush.

Thanks for the replies,
Patrick

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