Paint Sprayers (help needed please)
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Paint Sprayers (help needed please)
Need some guidance on spraying.
I use hammerite for some components thinned down with Hammerite thinners. No problems
Kind of interested playing with 2K or cellulose
Just wanted to know ratios for paint to thinners and hardner to activator
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I use hammerite for some components thinned down with Hammerite thinners. No problems
Kind of interested playing with 2K or cellulose
Just wanted to know ratios for paint to thinners and hardner to activator
As in new to it
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The 2K I use is mixed in the following ratios but different makes can vary;
Solid colour/direct gloss - 2 parts paint : 1 part hardener + a splash of thinners and a few drops rocket hardener depending on temperature.
Base coats - 1 part paint : 1 part thinners
Lacquer - 2 parts paint : 1 part hardener + a splash of thinners and a few drops of rocket hardener depending on temperature.
Remember the hardener used contains isoynates and you need to use an air fed mask.
Keep away from Cellulose as its out of date and shite!!
Solid colour/direct gloss - 2 parts paint : 1 part hardener + a splash of thinners and a few drops rocket hardener depending on temperature.
Base coats - 1 part paint : 1 part thinners
Lacquer - 2 parts paint : 1 part hardener + a splash of thinners and a few drops of rocket hardener depending on temperature.
Remember the hardener used contains isoynates and you need to use an air fed mask.
Keep away from Cellulose as its out of date and shite!!
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cheers craig, will look when next in.
Whats the script on water based for you sprayers, is it better / worse, there scrapping 2K in the future.
Will paint finshes be so good / last so long e.t.c
Whats the script on water based for you sprayers, is it better / worse, there scrapping 2K in the future.
Will paint finshes be so good / last so long e.t.c
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sorry to hi jack your thread mate.
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
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alrite mate 2;1 is normaly the ratio with 2k as stated above also the thinners side if things i normaly use 10% of the whole mix, but then again i do paint trains, only do cars now and again.
solvent based paint aint bein manufactured any more but you can still get it as most paint manufactures made a shed load of it before the law was enforced, basically its all down to the chemicals that are used and for our health.
i use alot of waterbased paints and the finish is not any different, i have just been introduced to a new paint company and i find that it is the bollocks and ive never had a better finish and thats waterbased.
you should try some mate and check the finish
any way mate ive proberly boared you wid my shit so goodluck with your paintin mate
louis
anyway mate goodluck wid the painting
solvent based paint aint bein manufactured any more but you can still get it as most paint manufactures made a shed load of it before the law was enforced, basically its all down to the chemicals that are used and for our health.
i use alot of waterbased paints and the finish is not any different, i have just been introduced to a new paint company and i find that it is the bollocks and ive never had a better finish and thats waterbased.
you should try some mate and check the finish
any way mate ive proberly boared you wid my shit so goodluck with your paintin mate
louis
anyway mate goodluck wid the painting
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Originally Posted by Cowboi
sorry to hi jack your thread mate.
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
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Originally Posted by Jasesapphy
cheers craig, will look when next in.
Whats the script on water based for you sprayers, is it better / worse, there scrapping 2K in the future.
Will paint finshes be so good / last so long e.t.c
Whats the script on water based for you sprayers, is it better / worse, there scrapping 2K in the future.
Will paint finshes be so good / last so long e.t.c
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Jase Luke 89 of here has done my cage in water base and the finish is great also got a pot of Margenta sat waiting in the kitchen water based again
1 thing i noticed straight away was that its smell alot differnt to 2k know where as nice iver i love the smell of 2k
1 thing i noticed straight away was that its smell alot differnt to 2k know where as nice iver i love the smell of 2k
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Originally Posted by Cowboi
sorry to hi jack your thread mate.
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
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Originally Posted by xr_craig
Originally Posted by Cowboi
sorry to hi jack your thread mate.
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
but can anyone just quickly tell the order in which you would paint you car and how?
i mean like rub down
prime (how many coats etc)
rub down again???
paint
lacquer
just wondering where to start tbh.
ive got an old shitter and a compressor and im bored so i thought why not see what happens. it cant come out worse than it looks now. and i may learn something and have some fun.
is there any books you can buy to learn the basics?
most i just wanna tidy it up and change it from light red, dark red, rusty red and orange to just being red.
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Sort your repairs then use 240grit or something to feather back the repair area. These areas want a good couple of coats of primer (1 light, coat 2-3 decent ones).
If the other areas are ok then you could probably just get away with flatting them, but if it's all pretty bad and you want to full prime the car then i'd go over the rest with 400.
Cover your repairs with a couple of coats then give the rest 2 full coats.
Primer wants to be 800 wet flatted. Then you can go on with basecoat or solid colour. Whatever you decide to use.
Obviously thats not going to get you the best job in the world but if you just want to tidy the car up as you say then it should be more than good enough.
HTH
If the other areas are ok then you could probably just get away with flatting them, but if it's all pretty bad and you want to full prime the car then i'd go over the rest with 400.
Cover your repairs with a couple of coats then give the rest 2 full coats.
Primer wants to be 800 wet flatted. Then you can go on with basecoat or solid colour. Whatever you decide to use.
Obviously thats not going to get you the best job in the world but if you just want to tidy the car up as you say then it should be more than good enough.
HTH
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Originally Posted by xr_craig
Sort your repairs then use 240grit or something to feather back the repair area. These areas want a good couple of coats of primer (1 light, coat 2-3 decent ones).
If the other areas are ok then you could probably just get away with flatting them, but if it's all pretty bad and you want to full prime the car then i'd go over the rest with 400.
Cover your repairs with a couple of coats then give the rest 2 full coats.
Primer wants to be 800 wet flatted. Then you can go on with basecoat or solid colour. Whatever you decide to use.
Obviously thats not going to get you the best job in the world but if you just want to tidy the car up as you say then it should be more than good enough.
HTH
If the other areas are ok then you could probably just get away with flatting them, but if it's all pretty bad and you want to full prime the car then i'd go over the rest with 400.
Cover your repairs with a couple of coats then give the rest 2 full coats.
Primer wants to be 800 wet flatted. Then you can go on with basecoat or solid colour. Whatever you decide to use.
Obviously thats not going to get you the best job in the world but if you just want to tidy the car up as you say then it should be more than good enough.
HTH
probably wont need to prime the whole thing, but i'll see how it goes and take it from there.
now just got to work out what i need paint wise (primer, colour, thinners, laqure etc) and how to mix the stuff up and as soon as the weather gets better things could get messy
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Re: paint ratios
Originally Posted by cossie crew
Solvent based paint aint bein manufactured any more but you can still get it as most paint manufactures made a shed load of it before the law was enforced, basically its all down to the chemicals that are used and for our health.
Only the EU doesn't use it anymore. Rest of the world does...
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