Jeff Kleiner
01-22-2026, 04:44 PM
I recently heard from a roadster builder whose painter had sprayed Evercoat Slick Sand high build polyester primer and after 48 hours it was still tacky and had not dried. He asked what the problem could be---I suggested that perhaps the painter failed to add the catalyst. He got back to me after speaking with the painter and said that in fact the catalyst was added. Digging deeper he revealed that he had purchased his products online and found that the production date on the Slick Sand was 2020 and the catalyst was 2018. Per Evercoat these have a 1 year shelf life meaning that they were at least 5 years out of date! :eek: That pretty well answered what the problem was and now they'll spend a whole bunch of hours using gallons of acetone to strip the uncured primer off.
The point of sharing this is to once again issue my warning and recommendation to any of you do it yourselfers or builders who may be providing supplies to your painters to always buy your chemical products (i.e. fillers, primers, sealers, paint and clear) from legitimate local suppliers whether it be a PPG, Xalta, Sherwin Williams, Dupont or whatever store. When you buy online, even if it's a name brand product like Evercoat you really can't be sure about what you're getting. Sometimes saving 50 bucks can get real expensive in the end...
Jeff
The point of sharing this is to once again issue my warning and recommendation to any of you do it yourselfers or builders who may be providing supplies to your painters to always buy your chemical products (i.e. fillers, primers, sealers, paint and clear) from legitimate local suppliers whether it be a PPG, Xalta, Sherwin Williams, Dupont or whatever store. When you buy online, even if it's a name brand product like Evercoat you really can't be sure about what you're getting. Sometimes saving 50 bucks can get real expensive in the end...
Jeff