TENACOŽ EPOXY products work ideally with conventional air-atomizing spray equipment, as well as HVLP and airless equipment. (Can also be applied with brush or roller.) Once the components are mixed and thinned, TENACOŽ EPOXY covers like most conventional primers. For best results, components should be inducted or reacted for 30 to 40 minutes, with occasional stirring prior to application. Film thickness should be built up by applying successive thin coats of paint and allowing about 20 minutes "flash off" time between coats.

For electrostatic application, if conductivity does not fall within the prescribed range for a given application the conductivity can be raised by adding a polar solvent, such as PPG DTL 16 or Klean-Strip L-27. The polar solvent may have to be added a number of different times in a number of different quantities before desired conductivity is reached, so be sure to record the amount added to each test batch before application.

A film of the combined components A&B would yield a dry film by volume of (40.33 + 41.28) / 2 = 40.80. In other words, a wet film of 3 mils (.003) would yield a dry film of 3 x .048 = 1.22 mils.

Care must be taken in finish coating over epoxy primers. If film has not cured sufficiently, the catalyst component may migrate into the finish coat producing a cheese like result. For rush jobs, induct parts A&B for 2-3 hours before applying., or use FAST TENACOŽ EPOXY PRIMER CATALYST (VTC-616), with no induction necessary. This will cut the cure rate to approximately 1/2 the time.

Top coats must be applied no sooner than 12 hours after last prime coat, and no later than 36 hours, otherwise primer coat must be scuffed prior to top coating. (standard catalyst) With fast catalyst, top coating can occur in the range of 6 - 18 hours.