Hi,
I've had a much better day today; I've come out of the garage early because of wet paint needing to dry.
Returning home this morning I dashed into the garage with pot of tea in hand; set about masking the two carriage items then using a rattle can of auto lacquer primer gave both a generous thickness building this up wet on wet then knocking off for dinner. This afternoon I've now used a rattle can of auto acrylic gloss black and again built up a good thickness of paint working wet on wet. These rattle cans are UPOL 500ml and I've used the best part of both cans. Normally I avoid rattle cans because this is a very expensive way to spray paint; in theory two cans x 500ml should have sprayed the entire lathe using this amount of paint in a compressor/spray gun set up. The good thing really about rattle cans is their convenience; the paint however is extremely thin and fortunately I'm used to spraying with these. Because the paint was still wet I didn't remove the masking but the pictures show the process and the finish achieved which is impressive being totally run free.
As usual the weather joined in; as I sprayed quite a bit missed the item being sprayed completely because of the wind then as soon as the wind dropped the spray hit the item; it took considerable effort to paint these two items.
A quick edit for any novices. A well known tip for masking items having sharp edges such as the raised curved section on the apron is to simply apply masking tape ensuring good adhesion then tap all around the edge using a small spanner; with a little practice this leaves perfectly fitted masking with little effort or frustration. I've been using this method for 50 years starting at first to cut motorcycle gaskets from brown paper using the exact same technique.
I hope you approve Big Al now that I've gone the contrasting colour route which I agreed with you about; I'm sure it will be the right decision?
Kind regards, Col.
I've had a much better day today; I've come out of the garage early because of wet paint needing to dry.
Returning home this morning I dashed into the garage with pot of tea in hand; set about masking the two carriage items then using a rattle can of auto lacquer primer gave both a generous thickness building this up wet on wet then knocking off for dinner. This afternoon I've now used a rattle can of auto acrylic gloss black and again built up a good thickness of paint working wet on wet. These rattle cans are UPOL 500ml and I've used the best part of both cans. Normally I avoid rattle cans because this is a very expensive way to spray paint; in theory two cans x 500ml should have sprayed the entire lathe using this amount of paint in a compressor/spray gun set up. The good thing really about rattle cans is their convenience; the paint however is extremely thin and fortunately I'm used to spraying with these. Because the paint was still wet I didn't remove the masking but the pictures show the process and the finish achieved which is impressive being totally run free.
As usual the weather joined in; as I sprayed quite a bit missed the item being sprayed completely because of the wind then as soon as the wind dropped the spray hit the item; it took considerable effort to paint these two items.
A quick edit for any novices. A well known tip for masking items having sharp edges such as the raised curved section on the apron is to simply apply masking tape ensuring good adhesion then tap all around the edge using a small spanner; with a little practice this leaves perfectly fitted masking with little effort or frustration. I've been using this method for 50 years starting at first to cut motorcycle gaskets from brown paper using the exact same technique.
I hope you approve Big Al now that I've gone the contrasting colour route which I agreed with you about; I'm sure it will be the right decision?
Kind regards, Col.
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