I know through past posts and conversations with some folks here that they (or their paint/body men), use the Lord Fusor 805 Wheel House and Sealer products to replicate the same look of the sound deadener applied by the factory in the door shell interiors, interior of the rear quarter panels, etc. Well I have some important news that will affect that.
At one of the main paint & body suppliers here I've developed pretty good relations with the manager. He routinely sells me everything I get from them at body shop discounts, even though he knows I'm just a "hobbyist". While there today picking up some 3M sealer the conversation turned to the Lord Fusor products, and the 312 applicator gun for the 804/805 products specifically. He told me NOT to buy a 312 gun. He had forgotten that I had previously mentioned already owning the gun (ummm, I didn't get it from them). He advised the Lord rep was in the store yesterday covering upcoming changes. The rep advised that Lord is repackaging the 804 and 805 sealers in a new cartridge. The new cartridge will NOT work with the 312 gun. As such they'll be offering a new gun also (imagine that!). When the manager asked him if the new gun would be cheaper than the 312 he was told "no". He was advised Lord would possibly be offering an adapter for the 312 gun to utilize the redesigned cartridge (no info on the cost or availability of it though). As such, if you (or your body guy), use the 805 sealer, stock up now or look at more cash outlay to apply it. I told him I sure wasn't buying a new gun and if the adaptor was too expensive, I'd just start cleaning my current tubes out whenever I empty one to put the sealer out of the new cartridge into an old one!
There were no implementation dates, so check with your supplier! Just figured I'd pass that along so no one was caught by surprise. It's so nice to get along well with the paint/body supplier. I just wish they were the local supplier for PPG products too. They'd have ALL of my business!
p.s. Unfortunately I also found out he'd have loaned me a gun if I ever needed one. Too late, I had bought mine prior to getting in good with them!
