cabot's waterbased tinted sealer

MIKE FP

MIKE FP

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i always use oil based sealer but ended up having to use cabot's waterbased tinted sealer. in my opinion the waterbased dries too quick and becomes very tacky. also for a tint it looked more like a semi transparent stain to me. also the application is more time consuming than oil base, due to its quick dry time you have to be careful of runs, etc. does anyone use this waterbased sealer?:confused:
 
In a word.....nope. How did you "end up having to use" something you're not familiar with?

Celeste
 
CarolinaProWash said:
In a word.....nope. How did you "end up having to use" something you're not familiar with?

Celeste
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the night before the job i called in for the sealer and the individual on the phone told me they had three gallons left and that it was waterbased that they(cabot's) do not make it in oil anymore. well, without doing research i took his word for it. the job came out great and the customer is happy with the work. i thought i would be able to apply by spraying but had to brush. so, the job took longer than planned. also, nobody has ever asked for tinted sealer, and i mean never. usually its clear sealer, or stains. now i know to treat tinted sealers as if they were semi transparent stains as far as application goes. and just for the record, cabot's does make tinted oil based sealers. i will now deal with a new distributor.
 
Oh we're familiar with Cabots - used to love some of their stains prior to the VOC changes. We just don't get the longevity we like to provide to our customers with Cabot's anymore.

If you're going to be doing wood in quantity, you really should explore the Ready Seal or Wood Tux stains - you'll be pleasantly surprised at the quality work you can provide as well as the product savings.

Celeste
 
CarolinaProWash said:
Oh we're familiar with Cabots - used to love some of their stains prior to the VOC changes. We just don't get the longevity we like to provide to our customers with Cabot's anymore.

If you're going to be doing wood in quantity, you really should explore the Ready Seal or Wood Tux stains - you'll be pleasantly surprised at the quality work you can provide as well as the product savings.

Celeste
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i actually have been looking into ready seal but where i am located people usually request cabot's or thompsons. i would like to get more info on ready seal or wood tux. if i can show that it holds up better it might be easier to get customers to try it.
 
Michael -

YOU are supposed to be the expert. They call you as a professional - part of your sales should be to provide them with a superior CONTRACTOR grade product that homeowners cannot readily pick up off the shelf. You need to get away from the mentality to use what is convenient to pick up because the homeowner "heard" it was good. Use good products in no time at all, you won't have folks "forcing" you to use something that they can get themselves.

Just my little .02 :)

Celeste
 
CarolinaProWash said:
Michael -

YOU are supposed to be the expert. They call you as a professional - part of your sales should be to provide them with a superior CONTRACTOR grade product that homeowners cannot readily pick up off the shelf. You need to get away from the mentality to use what is convenient to pick up because the homeowner "heard" it was good. Use good products in no time at all, you won't have folks "forcing" you to use something that they can get themselves.

Just my little .02 :)

Celeste
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i understand what your saying but also understand this. if i was to notify my repaeat customers of my change to a different sealer and this new sealer does not outlast or exceed the the previous sealer then it would look unprofessional.
 
Didn't you just say that your customers ask for Thompsons? I don't think you have too much to worry about.

Good Luck!

Celeste
 
Russ S said:
if they asked for Thompsons last month IMHO its time to do it again ! HAHAHA
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i try to use cabots whenever i can, its way better than thompson. youd be surprised to see how many people use thompsons around here.
 
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