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john-fl

06-01-2007 09:56:55

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The old 8n is in pieces and ready for bead blasting what I can. I bought Valspar restoration rattle cans of grey primer at TSC and plan to use the ford red as the topcoat.

Does this sound good as a plan, I will spray the finish coats but want to use the rattle can primer to do the small parts as they are cleaned.

Should I get a good finish doing it this way, any suggestion appreciated, don"t want to have to do it twice. Thanks

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john-fl

06-04-2007 12:57:08

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-01-2007 09:56:55

Thanks to you all, Will have to get a compressor, just built a building and no electric out there yet.trying to work with one arm tied behind my back,but can't get in a hurry and do a bad job on the old N.

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john-fl

06-04-2007 10:35:31

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-01-2007 09:56:55

Thanks , i was planning to only use the cans or brush on the cast parts and arms and spray the sheat metal parts. Its almost too complicated at this point for a first timer.

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souNdguy

06-04-2007 12:40:02

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-04-2007 10:35:31

If you are spray priming the sheet metal.. spray prime the cast too.. save yourself some time..

Get yourself some old scrap to practice painting on.. I was aprehensive about my first spray job.. I had an 89$ chinese store pancake compressor 2hp / 4 gal .. a walmart 15gal air tank to help out with storage on the air compressor.. and a 14.99 $ cheap chinese gun that was marked down to 9.99.. plus a 26$ air in line regualtor and filter...

Tractor turned out great.. I painted quite a few like that till I got more of a real compressor.

Test spray on scrap to get a feel for runs and coverage.. etc. junkyard car hoods are cheap and good practice.. though any thing flat works..

Soundguy

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souNdguy

06-04-2007 07:38:56

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-01-2007 09:56:55

i use BPS paints. As the others said..i like to spray prime when i can. A few small parts get spray can primer.. like small cowlings, and concealed parts.

So far i have had no problem with BPS top coat sticking to BPS spraycan primer.

Soundguy

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CNKS

06-02-2007 19:15:37

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-01-2007 09:56:55

Do what Rusty says (except for the "ratty" truck -- his words, not mine). The only thing I use rattle can anything for is very small parts that go in mostly out of the way places, that I simply do not want to dirty up my spray guns for. I did use rattle can paint for the dash on my 460, but I bought the "best" quality I could find. Priming with rattle can on parts you intend to use a spray gun for is not a good idea, for the same reasons that Rusty gave. And, you cannot beat spray gun type epoxy primer for good adhesion. Use a rust preventative such as Picklex or Must For Rust on bare metal until you are ready to prime and paint.

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john-fl

06-03-2007 05:06:34

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to CNKS, 06-02-2007 19:15:37

Thanks guys, one other question, Would a electric spray gun to spray the epoxy primer work? I have access to a good gun and compressor for the finish coat but not the priming.

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CNKS

06-03-2007 17:59:09

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-03-2007 05:06:34

Use the compressor gun, just clean it afterward. I have separate primer and finish guns, but it you clean them good it is not necessary. Except I would not use a $400 topcoat gun for priming. You can use the same tip for the epoxy (1.3-1.5 mm if HVLP) as the topcoat, just don't let it dry before you clean it. Electric spray guns are for painting houses.

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rustyj14

06-02-2007 17:11:03

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Re: Painting 8n in reply to john-fl, 06-01-2007 09:56:55

Will the rattle can primer work under the finish color coat? I'd think you should buy the new kind of primer, not that cheap stuff, that comes in rattle cans! You'll get much better color holdout with better primer! Oh, if you just want to do edges of parts, and then spray some color on them, prior to assembly, that will work, but for the outer color coat, i think i'd use a better base primer! Although, i primed my old Rat trap Ranger pickup, $500 special, with Rattle cans, and painted it with sponge brushes! Looks ok for a ratty work truck.

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