Painting with a spray gun...first time..

[electric]

You really shouldnt be spraying in the house buddy. It's Gonna smell bigtime.

No kidding, now you tell me about the smell. Chuckle. Luckily, I have one more session on Monday to put on the color and the clear and then I am done painting until I get the next boat built which will be awhile. I had heard you can rent paint booths to do your painting if you look around. Might consider that next time.

[electric]

Also, I noticed some overspray on the primer and I am thinking now about the base coat. When I put down the base and the second color I would expect some slightly rough spots from the overspray right? I would guess I lightly sand those before I put down the clear coat??

By the way, the paint booth worked great and contained all the paint and filtered the air. I think once I throw away the filters and all the plastic when I am done that should pretty much help clear out the smell. I just checked the smell and it is not too bad now at all.

You guys were right about preparation. Once you mix up the paint(three different ingredients with some measuring) and filter the paint etc. There is quite a bit going on and it all needs to happen without having to hunt or look for items. I can tell that everything will need to be thought out before doing the two colors and clear.

[Heaving Earth]

No you should not sand basecoat! The clear is a magnifying glass... It will show every sand scratch you put in. Generally primer will get dry edges because of its chemical makeup just does that. The basecoat will go on smooth if you're doing it right. Mostly I use med or high temp reducer always. The reducer you have is too fast IMO and will dry rather quickly. Slower reducers allow paint to flow our more.

[Heaving Earth]

You'll notice when you mix the basecoat, it is quite a bit thinner than the primer

[Heaving Earth]

What gun are you using?

[electric]

What gun are you using?

At this point ,whatever you suggest since I have everything. I can do 1.0mm touch up gun, 1.4mm, 1.5mm or 1.8mm.

[Heaving Earth]

What brand and model tho? Does it call for 35 psi?

[Heaving Earth]

One thing you can do is set the trigger so it delivers less fluid. Wide open delivers alot of paint

[electric]

This one I have paints at only 29psi

http://www.tooltopia.com/atd-tools-6903.aspx?utm_source=pricegrabber&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=ATD6903&utm_campaign=pricegrabber_r1

The other two are the Harbor Freight guns and they paint at 25 to 30 for the small gun and 30 - 35 for the big one. I used the bigger one today with a 1.8mm needle, but you can put back in the 1.4mm it comes with.
http://www.harborfreight.com/profess...kit-94572.html

[egneg]

When you mix the CC give it a few minutes to kick off before you paint.

Here is a helmet I did a while back.

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[Richie the shipwright]

Ha ha ha..... Id be a deadman!! I spray in my backyard shed while the missus is at work, and she still grumbles about the smell.... Then theres the neighbours!!! :-)

[electric]

When you mix the CC give it a few minutes to kick off before you paint.

Here is a helmet I did a while back.

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Nice work!

[egneg]

Nice work!

Thanks.

[electric]

Well, I just took a break from this mornings round. Sanded the primer and imperfections out. I applied the white paint and then applied the intercoat clear. I will wait an hour and then go back and take some pictures of it at that stage. Next I need to tape off for my second paint color which will be purple and then straight to the final clear. Should be done for good or bad in about 3 hours.

As close as I can tell the white went down really well. Smooth to the eye and nice shine on it for not having the clear on yet. I put about 4 coats on it. It did dull up a bit when I put the intercoat on but that is supposed to happen. The white was not a problem, but the intercoat was thinner I guess and tended to create a bit more dust flying about. I turned up the fan a bit and that helped.

I did see a few pin holes from my bodywork where I could have sanded and filled better, but that will be remembered when I do the next boat.

After some testing, I decided to use the touch up gun 1.0mm to put down the white and intercoat. My thought was I wanted to give myself room for error and get a finer coat down to try and avoid runs and the gun seems to lay out a nice pattern. This gun also is smaller and the spray pattern seems to work well for the size of the boat (small).

This is certainly adding weight to the boat as now I have about 3 or 4 coats of primer(sanded a fair amount off), 4 coats white, 2 coats interclear. Next to come is 2 coats of purple and then 3 coats of clear.

A bit more involved than a spray can!

[electric]

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Yes, to anyone else it is just a white boat, but after this much effort it feels like much more. Chuckle. Here it is before I have taped and applied the purple coat. I got a pretty good shine on it with just the base coat no clear yet. It should be dry by now and ready to tape, but still feels a little tacky. The room is a little cool, so I have turned on the heater and will just leave it alone for one more hour to give it time before I tape.