Re: painting for idiots

Posted by buck on August 01, 2004 at 08:17:11 from (209.240.205.63):

In Reply to: painting for idiots posted by dave on August 01, 2004 at 07:10:50:

well it is all about preperation. Ask yourself. Is this puppy ready to paint. Good sound existing paint that is clean and and sanded is usually good. Good clean castings,free of oil and grease is usually good. Of course a little bit of Bondo work is usually in order as may be a patch or 2. Now the biggest part of the painting is selecting the paint as each type has its own particular application techiques and of course cost is a big thing. Practice with the gun on a seperate piece of tin, old drum, implement similar to the tractor. Dont try to put all the paint on one place at a time, just keep moving around the tractor with light coates and don't mix all the paint at once, a gun cup at a time is plenty. Run some paint thinner, kerosene, etc. thru the gun to get a feel for the pattern and what each adjustment on the gun will do. Now you say u have a big compressor and one thing that usually get in the way of a good paint job is water in the air cauled by heat from the comprssor. Well dryers are usually a good thing but not really necessary if you ave a bunce of reserve air. Run the compressor up untill it cuts off and then turn off the power to the compressor. This tank is probably going to be enougn to paint the tractor and it will not be heated by compressor running. This is also somethig that you can check while paying with the kero. in the gun for practice. A sheet of wet-n-dry sandpaper and a bucket of water will go a long way getting the sheet metal slick. Have fun and make sure it ain't pink when you quit. If it ain't shiney the first time around just tell everyone that is color primed.

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