Painting 856 more difficult than expected!!

Posted by IowaWill on July 20, 2003 at 07:44:59 from (216.81.222.142):

I see several posts recent about paintng difficulties. I have encountered a few myself but since I'm a novice I expected it. I had an "experienced" friend help but he paints automotive projects. He started out by thinning the 2150 to about 2:1 even though the can said 8:1. Don't know if this contributed to some of my problems. The main tractor went fairly well although I found that my extensive hot pressure washing to prep failed to find all the grease or remove all the dirt. Also I'm painting in my machine shed which may contribute to the dirt/dust problems. The main problems were encountered with the sheet metal- couldn't get all the dust off and it shows more on sheet metal. I also had problems with the finish looking shiney in places and flat in others. Where flat it looks a little grainy. I'm using a hvlp gun but my friend wanted it set at 50 lbs. which is the top end of the recommended pressure. I had a little orange peal on one piece and on two side panels I got small areas of what looked like hair fractures but were little ridges. I've resanded them. I'm going to hit the sheet metal again and would appreciate comments on the thinning, gun pressure, etc. I wasn't looking for a show tractor job but want it nice as possible given my experience level. Thanks in advance.

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• Re: Painting 856 more difficult than expected!! greensboro george 08:09:40 07/21/03 (0)
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