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rustyj14
08-31-2006 16:00:00
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Re: New to spray painting in reply to Bob Underwood, 08-31-2006 07:10:10
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First: Did you sand the primer to a smooth surface, with no bare spots? If so, go to No. 2.
No.2: If you didn't thin (reduce) the paint enough, or put enough on, that causes "orange peel", or a bumpy finish! Also, a beginner usually doesn't get a smooth finish, because he is scared of getting "runs" in the finish, so he doesn't apply enough paint, or doesn't reduce (thin) the color coat enough! And, of course, the beginner always blames it on a $45.00 paint gun! Which is the wrong thing to blame! I refinished many autos with a $45 paint gun from the flea market tool man's store, or the auto paint store bargain shelf! The guns were exact copies of Binks or Devilbiss guns! (Not LVP) I used them for many years, and never had any complaints from owners about lousy results! Its not the gun! Its the person using it! Any problems come from inexperience, not bad spray guns! Unless they weren't thoroughly cleaned the last time they were used! The salesman from the auto paint company asked me one time how i reduced the paint, how did i measure the reducer? I told him, i added reducer,until the paint looked good, running off the stir stick! That statement made him look hard at me, shake his head, and leave! But, in all fairness, it took me 10 years to get to that point, since i wasn't born knowing everything about painting cars, etc.! Rustyj 8<)
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