What is the best paint for an old machine restoration.

[tim9lives]

What a lot of us in the auto trade didn't know at the time was that isocyanates can be absorbed through the skin.. Either stay away from them or be very VERY careful. I know of 2 friends in the trade who had serious problems in later life due to using these paints???? John

I remember it like it was yesterday. The Auto Body Painter at the Ford dealership dropped down and every one thought he was having a heart attack. He was painting a car using Imron Paint and he was wearing a double cartridge respirator filter, but it obviously wasn’t enough. EMS rushed him to the hospital and he recovered but it turns out that the the paint fumes is what got him. This was an experienced guy about 36 years old.
So yeah, those two part paints can be very bad for your health when sprayed. I haven’t used Irmon since that day... and that was over 30 years ago.