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Understanding Our Clears:

In today’s world, we are confronted with terms that try to trick us to buy something. For example “NO ADDED SUGAR” simply means that they used high naturally occurring sugars that are often higher in sugar and calories thiamin if they simply added sugar in the first place. REDUCED FAT-- Again there is no legal definition of this. If a product has had fat removed it will often have something added, for example sugar and thickening agents. FRESH, PURE OR NATURAL Consumers should be wary because such marketing terms are not defined in law and, if used inappropriately, can confuse and mislead.

This same use of terms by paint companies are used to fool the masses into “junk science” and downright lies. For example:

Polyurethane: Some companies say that their clears and paints are superior because it is a polyurethane, not just a urethane. “poly” means more than one, and “urethane” means A synthetic crystalline compound, CO(NH2)OC2H5
Therefore a “polyurethane” is a class of synthetic materials made by copolymerizing an isocyanate and a polyhydric resin. Simply put, any two part urethane IS A POLYURETHANE!

Now what you may not know there are three basic types of polyurethanes used in the paint business. They are:

Enamel polyurethanes: Enamel resins cross-linked with a polyisocyanate (usually an IPDI polyisocyanate - a less durable form) which is usually the cheapest and less desirable of all polyurethanes. Usually when people boast that their products are polyurethanes, they are simply cheap enamels crosslinked with a hardener and are NOT all that durable. BEWARE

Acrylic polyurethanes: Very durable coatings, the backbone of the OEM car industry. 100% acrylic polyurethanes have high gloss, and very high gloss retention when exposed to the sun’s UV. They will stay shiny for many years. They have a good to excellent chemical resistance as well. There are many forms of acrylic resins. Some with mediocre long term durability, and some with outstanding 20 plus year durability.

Linear polyester polyurethanes: The most durable coatings for chemical resistance. VERY HIGH initial gloss, but will loose much of that gloss over a ten year period. The outstanding chemical resistance is why this type of paint is usually used on large boats and airplanes. The down side of this product is that it cures VERY SLOWLY and hence most would not use these products in the car refinish process.

BLENDS: Beware! Many clears and paints on the market are actually blends of enamel resins and acrylic resins. This is done for two reasons. One is ease of application (enamels are easier to paint, keep a beautiful “wet edge” and has outstanding initial gloss (upward to 99%!) However, Tamco does NOT blend our clears with enamels. We use 100% acrylic resins. Why? When enamels are blended into the clear, all of the advantages of initial gloss, are lost within 1 year! They do not stand up to UV sun radiation much.

Proper additive package: Most every paint companies know which resins are out there. The real “secret” to this industry is in the formulation of those resins. In the formula of any clear there will be 2 UV’s (if they are good!), 3-5 solvents (for an even evaporation rate), tin additives (to make the paint cure better and quicker) and leveling, or flow agents. These are often heavily guarded secrets in any paint formulations. Tamco after years of testing and experience uses an array of flow agents and other additives. Some are the same used by everyone, others are those we have discovered over years of testing different product additives. OUR CLEARS lay down like glass! That is a nature of the resins we use (we often blend many acrylic resins in just one clear for many different attributes), and the flow additives we have chosen! Most of our customers are amazed with the look of our clears! That’s in the additives! Now some of our spot and repair clears are meant to duplicate factory orange peel (like our HC7600, HC7642 and HC2000), but our glamor clears stand in a league by themselves.

HELP LINE: When you call us - you get us very quickly, and you will talk with someone who knows their products. This is a family run business and everyone has many years of experience. Most of the time you will talk with the owner Tammy Miller. 1-800-678-1533, rings to her cell. She has been making paint with her dad since she was a child! Bob Barney (her father) has been in the paint business since 1979 and has manufactured and sold marine paints (topside and bottom paint), Industrial finishes and auto refinish paints. You can trust our experience. Tammy’s husband Sean Miller, is our head tech man. He also runs the paint plant. He has many years of painting experience, from production auto repairs to custom artwork. Sean has painted about every product on the market. He knows what paints do, and how to correct problems that arise.

OUR CLEARS:
Amerflint II -- Duraflint II --- and No Wax Clears: PRO:   Easy to apply - HIGHEST possible gloss (98-99%) LONGEST GLOSS retention (only 3% in 5 years). I have made this product for 30 years - I have cars in Florida painted in the 80’s, that still look GREAT! For many years, all Norfolk Southern locomotives used this product! John Deere (at the factory) uses this resin, modified by Sherwin Williams with their other resins.
          CON: Does Not buff well at all, unless you really know what you are doing. If you aren't going to buff- these are great clears. PLUS or MINUS:   SLOW DRYING

HC-2104 High Solids Euro Clear (Compare to Spies). PRO: Very High gloss (97-98). Less than a 2% loss of gloss per year. Easily a 7-10 year “real life” coating. Very Easy to buff. Can adjust dry times with 3 different temp hardeners (fast med slow). Great Euro look.

CONS: (which is a plus for very experienced painters) VERY HIGH SOLIDS. Do it yourselfers often have problems with these High Solids clears


HC-2100 (EURO CLEAR):- Same product as above- 20% LOWER SOLIDS. All the pluses of 2104, without any cons. Best selling clear we have.. This is also selling as our COLORMAX 2:1 Euro Clear

HC-2020 HC2021 HC2002 - Great clears ONLY for those used to applying PPG high solids clears!

HC4100 - This is basically HC-2100, slightly higher solids at a 4:1 ratio. Our second best selling clears. Easy to apply, very high gloss and gloss retention

Our 2000, HC-7600, HC7642 and other 4:1 Clears (including the 4:1 Colormax 2000). PROS: Easy to apply, 94-95% gloss. Uses a resin system that is almost impossible to fail (in fact 85% of all auto clears are based on this resin). Can be made to dry VERY FAST (for spot repairs).. 3 different temp hardeners (fast med slow)-- the same hardeners that are used in the HC-2100 Euro Clears! These are very popular clears. 100% acrylic urethane- NO ENAMELS added (like most lower cost clears- that looks great when sprayed but dies by 20% in 2 years!) Our clears in this group looks great for 5-7 years (with a 2-3% loss of gloss per year in Florida testing. BUFFS GREAT!

CONS: a bit lower gloss (95%) vests the other clears, but if buffed has the same gloss as our other clears! Needs more coats (lower solids except for the HC7642) and use a less durable resin than our premium clears. These products are meant to be used for production clears that will have a good long life and good gloss retention!

ALL OF OUR CLEARS have the MAX of 2 UV's...!!!!!!!!!!We do not leave UV out of our less expensive clears…. Many companies DO!

All of our clears use the very expensive BLENDED HARDENERS. (HDT, HDB and IPDI resins) for long life, max. durability and EZ Buffing! Almost nobody does this anymore!!! We still do. See page 6 in this link on why blended hardeners are important: http://www.voxtar.perstorp.com/upload/pers0020_tolonate_eng_lowres.pdf but not used much anymore by most modern paint companies! We blend all three! HDB, HDT, AND IPDI!

We use ONLY “urethane grade solvents.” in all our products. Only big time companies do this - most generics DO NOT

Here is the recommendation from Rhodia Tolonate on water:
Water content of the solvent(s) and impurities

reacting with NCO
Like all isocyanates, Tolonate reacts with water. It is therefore essential to use solvents with a water content lower than 500 ppm (preferably lower than 300 ppm), which are referred to as ”urethane grade solvents.” purities likely to react with NCO groups, such as butanol and/or acetic acid in butyl acetate. (Our solvents we buy are under 150 ppm! That’s adds 25% to our cost! Even our reducers use these high grade solvents!)     See page 7 of link above

WE DO NOT CUT CORNERS! Frankly, our clears should sell for more than the PPG’s or Glasruit! We make smaller batches and everything is carefully measured, unlike industrial batches of 1,000’s of gallons. Our scales measure to the gram. This equals consistency.

OUR PRIMERS:
Tamco makes the finest quality primers money can buy. Again, we use the best ingredients. Our DTM 2K urethane primers do not use industrial enamels as others do. We use 100% acrylic polyols (same as what we use in our clears). Our resins are DIRECT TO METAL resins. Read the instructions on other primers. They most likely want you to use metal preps BEFORE applying the primer. Why? It’s because they do not use the more expensive direct to metal resins. WE DO! Our HP5310, can be directly applied over sanded steel, galvanize, and even most aluminums -- try that with the others!

We also use both clay, and talc. Most modern primers to do blend the two powders. We do. This gives you are a little harder to sand primer initially - BUT WILL NOT DRAW SAND SCRATCHES in 90 days! Our primers have NO EQUAL in the market. (65% solids in the HC-5310). Our Primers DO NOT SHRINK!

Our HP5311 Black 2K acrylic primer is not only direct to metal BUT DIRECT TO RUST.

We make the most unique epoxy primer made! Only Boeing aircraft uses the epoxy resin that we use in our DIRECT TO ANYTHING (DTA) epoxy! This product sticks virtually to any surface including stainless steel and glass! Most amazingly, unlike any other epoxy on the market, you can paint over the product (when used as a sealer) WET ON WET! Read the other epoxies. They all want to see a minimum of 2-4 hours before topcoating. Our DTA epoxy can be used as a sealer or primer, and for large jobs, can be topcoated up to 7 days without sanding! This is an excellent choice for large fleets, or car restoration shops.

We also make moisture cure 1K polyurethane primers as well. These products are bullet proof! They do not fail in the worse environments.

Check us out - TRY OUR PRODUCTS and you will be truly amazed how far your money will go for the best products crafted in America!

There are many paint companies that you can choose from, so the question arises, "why should I choose to buy from Tamco?" In these hard economic times, wasting money is the quickest way for a business to go broke and shut down. So whether you are a body shop, or just a do-it-yourselfer, buying the right quality products at the right price is more critical today than ever. Tamco has been in business since 1989. Bob Barney, the co-founder, has been in the paint business for over 30 years as a jobber, technical salesperson and paint manufacturer. Tamco is a family business, where everyone you talk to in the company is either family or very close to family. We make the best products, but we are small enough to also treat our customers as partners. Check out our feedback! We are one of the largest sellers on EBAY, as well as having nationwide distributors that sell our products. We are also a very large "toll" manufacturer. This means we "private label" products for some of the best names in the business! You have probably used some of our products and don't know it.

Buying directly from the manufacturer or one of our distributors will save you money, BUT NOT cost you quality! We do not make "cheap" products. All of our products that we make are equal to or superior to the "Big Named Brands." WE BUY FROM THE SAME SUPPLIERS THAT THEY DO! Our resins are from BASF, Cook, Nuplex, Macrynal, etc. We use the finest Isocynates and use only certified moisture free solvents from the biggest name solvent suppliers. We do not cut corners. We use only the finest raw materials. We use only certified urethane grade solvents in all or our products INCLUDING OUR REDUCERS! Many reducers on the market contain high levels of waters and other contaminates that can cause a poor performing paint job. You can be sure that our products will be the best you can buy, but at a fair price.

Our Clears use maximum amounts of 2 UV's. Our clears are the best money can buy. Our HC-7677 "No Wax" clear is the most durable clear on the market! It will last 15-30 years! It is chemically resistant beyond what most any other urethane offers. In fact, it passes aircraft "skydrol" testing!

Our staff of experts can answer your questions. They are certified in most other brands of paint, as well as experienced in every aspect of our business. Our Tech director Sean Miller, is an expert air brush artist and painter, with many award winning custom paint jobs to his credit. His wife, Tammy (Barney) Miller is the President of Tamco, as well as our all around contact for questions, orders, and pricing. She was making paint since she was 5! When you talk to our people, you are talking to the owners.

Don't let our fair prices fool you. Instead realize that during the past 20 years, you have been taken for a ride by those paint companies that have been marking up their prices 5, 10 and 20 times! Yes, you read that right! We charge fair prices and stand by what we sell!

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This primer is top notch. It bonds extremely well and is very easy to manipulate. I was particularly impressed with how well it bonded to bare metal,...

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We switched to TAMCO clears and urethane reducers Last month. Best move ever. Extremely nice Clears!! No dye back. Buffs like butter and very user...

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This is the best primer I have ever used. Sticks great to bare metal, sand very well and smooth. No need to use sealer. These guys makes the best...

Tamco 2 thumbs up this is the best and easiest clear I have ever used!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Company, Customer service is A+, GREAT PRODUCT! Wish i could write more!

my name is ron from plymouth ma you sold me a pw7 single stage kit and i just wanted to tell you how nice a product you have. i just did all my jams...

Best Primer I have ever used- and I have used them all! No shrinkage or dieback whatsoever. No need to ever seal.

If you are happy with what you receive, please leave us positive feedback. We leave 5 star feedback right away before the item even ships! You do you part right away, so we are not a seller who holds feedback hostage! We humbly request that you please give us all '5' scores when doing the feedback survey when leaving feedback. Many people just forget about doing the feedback when they are happy. We are a family business and the small discounts Ebay gives for near perfect scores really helps us and this helps us to keep prices low for you. A lot of times people see our 12 month average and 100% positive and think I do not need the help, but Ebay assesses it every 30 days with focus on the number scores and we really need the 5's in all the categories. Ebay requires all 5 scores to be over 4.6 to get any discount...if even 1 score is below we do not get it. UPS shipping rates are high and keep rising due to the skyrocketing cost of energy & obviously this is not within our control. We often lose money on the shipping costs in order to keep the prices affordable for you. We even have many promotional free shipping items where we absorb the entire shipping expense. We check our Ebay sales all day and ship orders up until 3:30 pm est. The 5's are greatly appreciated. Please don't forget to give them if you feel we have done our best. The scores are very important to us and we do strive for perfection and when we do receive fee discounts we pass the savings along to you with lower prices. Thank you for your business it is greatly appreciated!
If you happen to have a issue, please contact us ASAP. We will handle any problem as soon as we know about it! You can always call us as at 757-627-9551. We answer the phone and can answer tech questions etc.

Again Thank you from all of us at Tamco :)

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