Sherwin Williams acrylon

[Don B.]

Anyone shoot this stuff?
It's a water based 2 part polyurethane. I've never dealt with water based anything besides the old prang watercolors in grade school or latex house paint. I'm wanting to paint my overhead garage doors as I am wanting to make the 20 yo ones match my 2 yo ones. Same brand of doors that started the same colors when all were new.
The reason for the water based was because I have 2 new fiberglass man doors to paint the same color to match these garage doors as well and the SW guru was worried about solvent based paints not being compatible with the fiberglass doors. Overhead garage doors are steel. This is my 1st time dealing with fiberglass house doors, most I have put in in the past were steel clad instead
Anything special about spraying this paint vs any other?

 

[JD Dave]

My take on this is to read the manufacturer's instructions labeled for the product. There is usually a statement about the substrates allowed/used. There will also be information about preparation. You should be okay with water-base poly but maybe do a test application and get another opinion.

 

[Stephen Newell]

I don't think much of water based paints other than latex on sheetrock walls. If you are going to use the acrylon paint be sure to use a bonding primer on the existing paint. A water based polyurethane isn't polyurethane at all. It's an acrylic coating that marketing has tacked the word polyurethane to it to make people think it's as good as a solvent coating.

 

[Don B.]

It is a 2 part paint ( has hardener)

 

[LarryME]

Anyone shoot this stuff?
It's a water based 2 part polyurethane. I've never dealt with water based anything besides the old prang watercolors in grade school or latex house paint. I'm wanting to paint my overhead garage doors as I am wanting to make the 20 yo ones match my 2 yo ones. Same brand of doors that started the same colors when all were new.
The reason for the water based was because I have 2 new fiberglass man doors to paint the same color to match these garage doors as well and the SW guru was worried about solvent based paints not being compatible with the fiberglass doors. Overhead garage doors are steel. This is my 1st time dealing with fiberglass house doors, most I have put in in the past were steel clad instead
Anything special about spraying this paint vs any other?

Yes I use acrolon on all my tractors and I'm implement restore projects. Can be quite expensive so ask for a discount price. Strongly suggest you use Duraplate as the primer. Both shoot very well, about the same as ppg omni. You will need the correct reducers for both. Only problem is there are limited color choices. Only issue I ever had was poor coverage with a custom made yellow, but all other colors worked fine with plenty of solids. Read the S-W data sheets available online.