Spraying panels???

[unclegrouch]

Morning all

It must be 25 years since I did any spraying, times change & I am sure most of the products I used are now gone (cellulose and synthetic).

I have a project that I want to paint, can't do it in a heated building but have an open barn to use. I have done a few smaller parts with rattle cans & got half decent results (good enough), but think I could do better with a cheap spraygun as I have the compressor, regulator etc.

Can I use acrylic ? Is anti-bloom thinners available for acylic ? Can it be flattened with 1200 / soap / G3 afterwards ??

Is there a better option ?? I can't go down the 2 pack route as I don't have air-fed masks.

-> send it to the professionals ......... nice idea but cost is too much of an issue, it's not a E-type jag

Appreciate any ideas or advice, thanks.

[DickyC]

Before you go down the spray gun route, consider using bigger cans. My local auto paint suppliers do big cans and I use them fairly regularly. Successfully, I mean.

The bloom might be the paint's too thick. More thin coats might beat that.

[unclegrouch]

Cheers Dicky,

I have bought one of the large cans from a local autopaint centre & used it to blow in the small hidden areas. Not sure I want to do all of it with rattlers - it's quite a big lump to paint !!

Roof in blue, everything from door handles to gutter in white ............ it might take me forever with cans

Edited by unclegrouch on Monday 14th November 14:31

[DickyC]

I should have enquired about the size of the job

[V8covin]

You can still buy cellulose and synthetic from most paint factors,or ebay

[unclegrouch]

DickyC said:

I should have enquired about the size of the job

i should have posted more information at the start

[unclegrouch]

V8covin said:

You can still buy cellulose and synthetic from most paint factors,or ebay

ah! interesting, thank you. i just assumed these were now off the market due to all the water based stuff - obviously not

I was never much of a painter but always liked the synthetic stuff, cheap & cheerful & always looked half decent (would suit this job too).

Edited by unclegrouch on Monday 14th November 16:33

[Dave.]

Roll on coach enamel not an option?

[unclegrouch]

Dave. said:

Roll on coach enamel not an option?

Another option I am getting spoilt for choice here. just done a quick search & it seems to be priced ok, and can be sprayed (spray is a term loosely used for my attempts to eject it from a spraygun )

Thanks Dave

[julian64]

I'm sure someone will be along in a minute with better advice than mine. I switched for cellulose (a long time ago), and I do panels with 2 pack acrylic

I was a little wary when everyone says you can't sand it etc, but I used it the same as I ever did and found no real difference. I often flatten the paint after, and then spray a clear coat. It looks fine to me.

[V8covin]

julian64 said:

I'm sure someone will be along in a minute with better advice than mine. I switched for cellulose (a long time ago), and I do panels with 2 pack acrylic

I was a little wary when everyone says you can't sand it etc, but I used it the same as I ever did and found no real difference. I often flatten the paint after, and then spray a clear coat. It looks fine to me.

I don't know who 'everyone' is because there's no issue sanding 2k or flatting and polishing 2k

[geeks]

Book marked as I am looking to do a "thats good enough" spray of my race car next year

[Dave.]

unclegrouch said:

Dave. said:

Roll on coach enamel not an option?

Another option I am getting spoilt for choice here. just done a quick search & it seems to be priced ok, and can be sprayed (spray is a term loosely used for my attempts to eject it from a spraygun )

Thanks Dave

It was more a question than a recommendation don’t blame me if it goes tits up

I keep toying with the idea of repainting my MX5 with it rather than having a proper respray, but I’m too chicken.

PS - need more pics/info on the truck too please

[unclegrouch]

Dave. said:

It was more a question than a recommendation don’t blame me if it goes tits up

I keep toying with the idea of repainting my MX5 with it rather than having a proper respray, but I’m too chicken.

PS - need more pics/info on the truck too please

OK Dave, 2 problems solved in one, drop your MX5 here, let me catapult some sticky coloured stuff at it & we can then decide if it's good enough for my truck

Truck was bought as a "toy". I do not have the money or the skills to "restore" it, so it's a tart up job to make it presentable to roll around a few steam rallies. Only bought it 3 weeks ago, removed the airkit, started to sand the cab, quick scrape and paint on the chassis until after the shows next year. A couple of pics (don't want to get slapped legs for posting irrelevant crap in the wrong forum).

This was before we removed the airkit & started to attack the roof....



Pretty much as it is so far ...

Edited by unclegrouch on Monday 14th November 18:26

[unclegrouch]

geeks said:

Book marked as I am looking to do a "thats good enough" spray of my race car next year

I hope it answers questions for us both geeks - there's a lot of good knowledge on PH

[unclegrouch]

julian64 said:

I'm sure someone will be along in a minute with better advice than mine. I switched for cellulose (a long time ago), and I do panels with 2 pack acrylic

I was a little wary when everyone says you can't sand it etc, but I used it the same as I ever did and found no real difference. I often flatten the paint after, and then spray a clear coat. It looks fine to me.

Agree on flattening 2k, never used it but used to have a unit beside a very good painter, seen him flatten it plenty of times.

i don't want to risk using that stuff, no airfed mask, 60+ year old lungs that were polluted by benson & hedges, cellulose, and synthetic for many years !!

[Dave.]

unclegrouch said:

OK Dave, 2 problems solved in one, drop your MX5 here, let me catapult some sticky coloured stuff at it & we can then decide if it's good enough for my truck

Truck was bought as a "toy". I do not have the money or the skills to "restore" it, so it's a tart up job to make it presentable to roll around a few steam rallies. Only bought it 3 weeks ago, removed the airkit, started to sand the cab, quick scrape and paint on the chassis until after the shows next year. A couple of pics (don't want to get slapped legs for posting irrelevant crap in the wrong forum).

Our toys are the same colour, but yours is bigger than mine, and less rusty

I’ve got a bit of a thing for old ERF/DAF/Foden/SA from the 80s. If only I had the space.

Any chance of a project thread?

[Caddyshack]

I am doing the hard wearing parts of my lorry in raptor liner. It is really, really tough and so easy to apply with a Schultz type gun. You can get a brilliant stippled finish that would be great on the roof as that gets hit by branches a lot.

[unclegrouch]

Caddyshack said:

I am doing the hard wearing parts of my lorry in raptor liner. It is really, really tough and so easy to apply with a Schultz type gun. You can get a brilliant stippled finish that would be great on the roof as that gets hit by branches a lot.

Never seen that product Caddyshack, I doubt it will hit many branches, the airkit isn't being refitted, so it's only about 3m tall. Likely to do only a few hundred miles a year too

[unclegrouch]

Dave. said:

Our toys are the same colour, but yours is bigger than mine, and less rusty

I’ve got a bit of a thing for old ERF/DAF/Foden/SA from the 80s. If only I had the space.

Any chance of a project thread?

our toys won't be the same colour soon Dave, this one is hopefully going to end up blue & white If my plastic cab rusts, I am in trouble, the chassis is well flaky but that's been knocked back & painted for this coming year.

I was always a big Volvo / Scania fan, way ahead of the British stuff, but drove a lot of them in the 90's & the shows are littered with Scanias dripping in lights & chrome (look nice but it's a bling competition).

I visited a few shows this year & theres a lot of interest in basic stuff done to look like a half decent work tool - that's my aim, working within the limits of cost and skills. This one is June '98 registered, so 25 yrs old (considered classic) in June 23 - just right for me

Space - I rented work units from a guy for years in the late 80/90's, called him & he offered me this barn for "not a lot"

Project thread - not sure if it would interest anybody here, I am grabbing pics as I do jobs, so maybe a timeline thread when it's ready to use next spring / summer ?

Edited by unclegrouch on Tuesday 15th November 06:58