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| awemawson:
So to complete Phase Three took one and a half stripper disks and as expected took a bit over and hour for the stripping and about as long again to mask up for spraying. I liken masking with paper to hanging the cheapest wall paper that you've soaked too long in paste - it tears at the first excuse! Covering up the innards took a bit of taping ingenuity as of course you cannot get to where you need to put the masking tape - never mind I got there in the end - not the most robust, indeed I had to drop the roller shutter as the slight breeze threatened to blow it all off. So Phase Three completed :ddb: |
| awemawson:
Onwards with Phase Four then - spraying. While the gun was very full and would still spray canted over, I sprayed the lower lips of the doors and panels. Then up the ladder to get a coat on the roof, followed by the exposed frame. That gun full ALMOST did the right hand panel and surround, but needed a refill to do the remaining three doors - pretty much exactly two gun fulls to finish this coat. Although it's dry now, I'll leave it over night before it gets the next coat. One or two places need rubbing down a bit - seems that I disturbed a spiders web over head with the air from the gun which got embedded in the paint. Second coat definitely needed as it's not exactly uniform in density in places. |
| hermetic:
No runs Andrew, thats the main thing, I am painting the welder tomorrow, same paint but in green! Phil |
| awemawson:
A quick light flash coat over the panel then come back and give it the proper coat usually prevents runs. |
| JerryNotts:
Morning Andrew, Nice to see some carefully done spraying. You don't say what size your gun pot is but there are a lot of different capacities. You could go for a pressure pot, say 5 litres, olde non-metric gallon pots can be found. Use with sufficient pot pressure to push the paint to the gun inlet can work fine. I trust you set-up is a decent make. Jerry |
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