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thinning paint in general

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tugboat tim

07-27-2005 12:00:40




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I've been paintin in the dark, outside you name it I do it wrong. using outdated tugboat paints for years thinem with gasoline and usaly come out good. you can see a pattern here I'm paintin stuff that is still workin for it's keep. there used to be an old fella that used a drip method on a paint stick from his 1 quart paint gun cannister. Was it 6 second till the drip quit?? Any body ever heard of it?? thyanks as always tug boat tim

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Rustyj14

08-18-2005 16:01:20




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 Re: thinning paint in general in reply to tugboat tim, 07-27-2005 12:00:40  
One day, the factory paint rep came in to our shop to ask how we liked his products. Our regular "in town" rep was with him. I was in the paint booth, stirring up some synthetic enamel for a refinish job on a car, so he asked me what method i used to measure the amount of thinner/ reducer i put in the paint! After some keen eyeing this fool up, i told him: "I just pour in the reducer,stir it and when it looks good running off the paint stick, thats when i spray it on the job!" Well, after a very long pause, and some staring, at me and the other paint rep, he decided he'd better go talk to somebody else about paint! But hey, thats exactly how i mixed the thinner into the color! My old Grandmother and my Mother never measured any cake ingredients, and their cakes came out great! Oh, and i hope you don't smoke when using that paint! Rustyj

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BPNT

08-04-2005 20:34:21




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 Re: thinning paint in general in reply to tugboat tim, 07-27-2005 12:00:40  
I've heard of methods similar to this...although most similar methods are simply less-sophisticated results available using scientific tools such as the ZAHN and FORD cups (refer to spec sheets for applicable times). I've even heard of old timers who would actually heat their enamels on a stovetop as opposed to using chemical solvents with similar prescribed results.



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Rustyj14

08-21-2005 10:57:36




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 Re: Heating paint for spraying in reply to BPNT, 08-04-2005 20:34:21  
Yes, us old timers did heat our enamel paint for spraying! we had a sort of hot plate-no hot coils or flame showing-plugged into the wall socket. Ya had to loosen the lid a bit, and then heat the paint until it reached the right consistency for spraying! Using that method, we didn't run the risk of getting reducer die-back when the paint dried! Did a nice job! Lost out on it when i changed place of employment! Rustyj

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Frank Stalfire

07-27-2005 20:46:02




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 Re: thinning paint in general in reply to tugboat tim, 07-27-2005 12:00:40  
I actually did hear of this, when I first got into painting an older guy that worked at the same shop showed me, it was laquer paint and it was 8 seconds, of course there are much more scientific ways of doing it
Frank



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