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createx auto air

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Description:

** Please be aware changes where made to the auto air line in early 2006, reviews posted here before that date might not apply to the newest auto air.

Auto Air Colors are water-based custom automotive paint.

Auto Air Colors have over 200 every colors and effects, all of which are intermixable for endless color creations. Colors include pearls, pearl-flakes, metal-flake, metallic colors, chameleons, chameleon-pearl flakes, candy colors, iridescent colors and more. Sizes available are 4oz., 16oz. 32oz. and 1 Gallon.

Auto Air Colors are for complete paintjobs, graphics onto existing finishes or for intermixing with urethane paintjobs. Auto Air Colors are compatible with all urethane products allowing them to work with all urethane paint systems. Auto Air Colors are the perfect compliment to other paint systems which lack custom color options.

Auto Air Colors are ready to spray out of the bottle without the need for mixing a catalyst or reducer. Colors may be thinned with Auto Air Reducer to achieve a lower viscosity when spraying with an airbrush. Auto Air Colors do not have a limited pot life during use and their storage life exceeds 2 years.

Auto Air Colors do not have time windows. They may be top-coated with a urethane clear at any time after they’ve cured no matter how long the time period between painting and clearing there is. Auto Air Colors are compatible with all urethane clears.

Auto Air Colors are lightfast and durable. Auto Air Colors contain less than 0.1% V.O.C. Auto Air Colors have been tested according to industry-wide accepted standards for fade resistance and durability.

APPLICABLE STANDARDS TESTING SUBMISSIONS
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Method 24 - Determination of Volatile Matter Content, Water Content, Density, Volume Solids, and Weight Solids of Surface Coatings. Results: Reportable Volatile Content (Wt%) 0.00 on representative test samples encompassing the entire color range.

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
SAE J2020 - Accelerated Exposure of Automotive Exterior Materials Using a Fluorescent UV and Condensation Apparatus. Results: 2000 hrs. passed.

SAE J2527 - Performance Based Standard for Accelerated Exposure of Auto-motive Exterior Materials Using a Controlled Irradiance Xenon Arc Apparatus

American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM)
ASTM D968 Standard Test Methods for Abrasion Resistance of Organic Coatings by Falling Abrasive.
ASTM D3359-02 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test.

ASTM D 1475-90 Standard Test Method for Density of Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Products.
ASTM D 2369-92 Standard Test Method for Volatile Content of Coatings.ASTM D 4017-90 Standard Test Method for Water in Paints and Paint Materials by the Karl Fischer Titration Method.

Keywords:

createx , auto air

Author

Jason

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Registered: April 2003
Posts: 11

Review Date: Thu October 9, 2003

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4

Pros:	Good Flow, Nice Coverage
Cons:	Water dillution isn't good

Just a quick post to say I've tried them, like them so far.

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NLUV4Real2003

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Registered: August 2003

Review Date: Sun October 12, 2003

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $5.00 | Rating: 5

Pros:	Great coverage with awesome custom finishes. Possibilities are endless!!
Cons:	Use only creatix reducer.

I really like the AA. It is not as expensive as most Auto paints, and isn,t as Toxic,(as I need all the brain cells I have left). It has endless combinations for custom jobs. Candies are great!!!

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Twila Webb

DAFRIDGE

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Registered: April 2003
Posts: 159

Review Date: Sat November 8, 2003

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Pros:
Cons:

the new createx auto air is a beautiful paint to spray with and not just on automotives it works well with plastics alike to lexan r/c bodies as well as pretty much anything else you can think of the new auto air does not need the bond all

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chucktx

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Registered: April 2004
Posts: 1463

Review Date: Fri April 23, 2004

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros:	very east to use, good coverage (if ya follow mfg. instructions) easy cleanup. beautiful finish
Cons:	a bit difficult to get used to if you are used to uros.

the new auto airs, both regular and detail are hard to beat for really nice looking graphics on most any surface.

Dan
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Registered: October 2003
Posts: 23

Review Date: Thu April 29, 2004

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Pros:	Great Colors
Cons:	Need to intercoat to do any masking

So far I\'ve painted a motorcycle and a few helmets.
I really like this paint. Non-Toxic.
I wish they would come out with some kind of an intercoat. Masks won\'t stick to a base coat witout
a clear coat. I order the 4oz bottle and it goes a long way.

Grape Ape

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Registered: May 2003
Posts: 20

Review Date: Tue May 18, 2004

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Pros:	Does not peel up like the old Auto Air
Cons:	don\'t mix with old auto air

I\'ve used this on a couple helmets and even some pine wood derby cars. Works great and sprays well! Adheres better than the old auto air. I tried using the old and new together, and unfortunately started with the old and then applied the new over it. The old didn\'t adhere well, and ended up peeling up in a few places. Had to do it all over, using what new auto air colors I had, and mixed the rest of my colors.
The new Auto Air is great, stay away from the old stuff.

Dean

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Dean
Grape Ape Design
www.grapeapedesign.com

RobertG

Registered: August 2004

Review Date: Wed August 11, 2004

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1

Pros:	?
Cons:	?

I\'m very very new to ab\'ing. I was unable to get any kind of good spray pattern with my Badger 175 fine, medium, or wide tips. I was told(on this website after I bought them) that these are not good starter paints. I called AutoAir and they informed me that these paints work best with an ab tip of .2mm at 40-50psi Is this what you artists are using? Got any suggestions?

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Robert

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mustbechevy

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Registered: August 2004
Posts: 109

Review Date: Mon January 10, 2005

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros:	flows nicely, non toxic, easy clean up
Cons:	prone to tip dry

I\'ve not been AB\'ing very long but I have found the AA to be a nice paint to use. Its very easy to clean up and can be cleared with almost any clear. Even with my cheapie Harbor Frieght AB I can get some fine lines.

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Wizzonial

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Registered: January 2005
Posts: 61

Review Date: Tue March 1, 2005

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $6.50 | Rating: 8

Pros:	HEALTH - HEALTH - HEALTH I guess I already siad that.
Cons:	fisheye\'s if heavy coats are applied.

I really like the AutoAir line of paint for it’s LOW VOC’s it makes it worth the bottle Windex and art mop brush if you know what I mean.
And if not you will lol.

No really the paint tends to dry fast on my .23 needle and frequent tip cleanings are needed to keep this paint flowing well, but once you get the hang of it it’s well worth the extra step needed to save your heath from the high VOC’s of urethanes.

The colors are bright and adhere well but tend to fisheye if heavy coats are applied
If you can shoot this paint well you shouldn’t have any problems shooting uro’s.

peet

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Registered: May 2005
Posts: 146

Review Date: Sat August 13, 2005

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7

Pros:	lots of colors, cover well
Cons:	heavy coats fisheye, tend to come up when taped

You have to be careful to put real light coats on at first. The colors are bright and there are lots of them.

Spots come up with tape sometimes, but use of uro intercoat clear helps with that.

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Peet
www.star-custom.com

rhyne

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Registered: July 2005
Posts: 231

Review Date: Sat November 5, 2005

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

Pros:	great colors, low odor, low voc content, no window for clearing
Cons:	none if you've never used uro's

Great safe alternative to uro's. Excellent line of opaque's, metallics, transparents, etc. Any clear compatable and no window time. ***use a reducer of Fantastik cleaner and water 50/50, sprays a lot cleaner and very much like uro's. if not, may have grainy texture.***

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rhyne

www.godfearingkustoms.com

bodiddly

Registered: April 2006

Review Date: Tue February 6, 2007

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Pros:	love the Effects;Great coverage:easy to use,Eventually!
Cons:	Hard to keep brush from clogging between layers and drying; practice ,practice, practice!

I'm fresh meat, a Newbie,a greenhorn,but ,Man this is fun! Oh, did I mention :Frustrating!Oh well,Rome wasn't built in a day, now was it! I've done an old Bike(Black widow and a rip, afew helments and a welding mask ect.). Will try to post some pics one day.

Thaks for all the help Bodiddly

Draggin81
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Registered: September 2006
Posts: 2

Review Date: Thu February 22, 2007

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Pros:	ultra low VOC, improved dramatically from old stuff
Cons:	tip dry, still sprays a little grainy,

Once you learn the system, it's actually a very easy paint to use, especially for hobbiests like me eho can't afford a big ventilation system like I'd need with uros.
Sprayability is good when you use the fantastik/water mix trick, or using thier new reducer. Still not up to the quality of a uro, but much improved over the old stuff.
I also use PPG envirobase for normal paints (nonmetalic, etc), expecially for details. The PPG sprays better, and when you add a dash of fantastik reducer, it sprays very, very close to a uro.
I've had no compatability issues with the AA and PPG, and between the AA's wide selection, and the graphic ability of the PPG, they make a great system

BigDaddyCustoms

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Registered: April 2007
Posts: 1020

Review Date: Thu April 26, 2007

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Pros:	No time window to clear, easy clean up, non-toxic
Cons:	Hard to mix custom colors, tip dry

I use AA almost exclusively for my work.....very seldom will I use a uro for anything but the occasional base coat or truley custom color. The biggest bonus to me is having no time window to clear. You can clear it immediately, or 2 years from now without having to do ANYTHING to the painted surface! I can now take AS LONG AS NEEDED to complete my artwork, and not have to worry about inter-clearing it, or scuffing the surface. Please, people, do not use the home-made reducers! AA has 2 performance reducers that make it spray like a uro! Trust the chemical engineers who developed it. I've had no taping problems if the surface was properly prepared (AA does not chemically bond to anything, so you must have a physical scratch for it to stick.) I use 800 grit wet paper or a red scotty pad to prep my surfaces, and have never had a problem. You can go to my website at www.bigdaddycustoms.net to see examples of my auto-air work.

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