The Spray Painting Thread

[Sigmeister]

Hey Sigmeister,

Did you spray your final coat with that cheapie gun? I just got my self pretty much the same gun from total tools cept it came with 1.4 & 2mm tips for just under 100$

Im not worried about a career in panel beating so i think i will just use the gun for both, i am just painting a falcon

If i ever respray a car that matters though ill look at a real gun

Sorry about the late reply, didn't realize this thread had made a comeback. Yes, I ended up using the same gun for everything due to lack of funds at the time to buy a good quality gun.

[Night Rider-TA23]

Sorry about the late reply, didn't realize this thread had made a comeback. Yes, I ended up using the same gun for everything due to lack of funds at the time to buy a good quality gun.

How did the job come up, would you buy a better gun if you were doing it again??

Cheers
Jarrod

[infotechplus]

The "spray putty" i use all the time actully works very well on the thinner side of things. I find when priming things that need some filling that more thin coats works beter than 1 or 2 thick coats because when you try to put it on thick it becomes hell "peely" and is a pain in the ass to rub back flat.trust me u dont need a 3.0mm setup youd be able to spray 95% of primers with a 2.0mm easy as

I agree. You can use spray putty "thinned out" with a 2.00mm gun but you are defeating it's purpose. Why not just use primer then? You should only need to spray one coat of putty, and then sand.

Also, remember not to confuse your terms. There are quite a few novice painters on here.

Spray Putty is not primer. Primer-Surfacer is not spray putty. They are three different products, each with thier own application.

Spray Putty - 3.00mm tip
Primer - 2.00mm tip
Primer-Surfacer - 2.0mm tip

But, as they say, each to their own, and whatever works for you.

Cheers,

Peter

[Sigmeister]

How did the job come up, would you buy a better gun if you were doing it again??

Cheers
Jarrod

I posted some pics a few pages ago. It turned out well. I would buy another gun for ease of swapping and changing as it's a bit of a pain swapping all the time. The issues with my job were with my skill level and not the gun.

Actually. I'll probably be doing another panel soon and wont have the money for a new gun so will be going with the current one. In this instance most of it is just paractice anyway. I am not going for a concourse job. When I get to spraying my 28 I will make sure I have a few good quality guns.

Quick question for others. Has anyone used POR15 through a spray gun? What tip did you use and was it difficult to clean the gun afterwards?

[Casino Kid]

Spray Putty is not primer. Primer-Surfacer is not spray putty. They are three different products, each with thier own application

I think your geting a little lockd in to wats wat there are many products that are designd to work as difernt things depending on thining ratios. i know for a fact (cuz i use it every day at work) that there is a 2k primer that is sold by Protec that can be used as a spray putty a primer and a primer-surfacer depending on how thin you make it.

Spray Putty - 3.00mm tip
Primer - 2.00mm tip
Primer-Surfacer - 2.0mm tip

same times you can use a smaller gun set up with a thicker paint if say your using a presure pot set up compard to a suction feed.

Also, remember not to confuse your terms. There are quite a few novice painters on here.

this is the reason why im not a huge fan of threads like this, cuz spray painting is one of those things that there are 100 difernt ways to do the same thing and theres 1000 difrent products to do the same thing so its very hard to give correct info for every stiuation.

and it also dosnt help when people give advise when they hav only done a few night courses and think they have got its sussd.

I think every one should hav a go at sraypainting cuz its great fun but when you buy your paint ask for the info sheet that is releasd with every product and ask the person you are buying it off for all the info you need and if they are not sure, buy your paint somewhere else

[Wildsupra]

HAHAHHA i knew this thead would be all over the place....

hats off to Ross (casino kid) he is good spray painter and i've witnessed his good work, any one who can hang up there car doors, bonnets and bootlids vertically just to avoid getting too much dust in there and still no get any runs impresses me. and yes it was a nice wet coat/finish. Didnt even cut it back and polish it and the gloss was blinding my eyeballs.

Respect to Ross!!

nothing further......

Matty

[Casino Kid]

haha after reading my post i sound like a bit of a wanker i just feel sorry for people that get the wrong advise from people that "think' they know wat there doing and inturn get a poor result from there spraying.

and when it comes to guns... i dont care wat people say the better the gun the better the result simple as that. a good spray painter can work with a crap gun and get a better result than a novice but if your learning and you think youd like to do more spraying in the future spend the money and get somthing nice cuz it with make all the diffrence to your work just ask {wildsupra} , and when i say spend the money, for a nice basic non HVLP gun youll probly be spending round the $400 mark and for anything good maybe the 8-$900 mark for a nice HVLP

[Wildsupra]

agreed!!! going from a ~$100 gun to a ~$400 gun made so much difference it was unbelievable!!!

Spend the money on the gun peoples and if it still works out crap get ross to do it

Matty

[infotechplus]

... my shit is all motospray

Grega, you're what my wife calls a "jungle dweller" - you love to live dangerously.

Cheers,

Peter

[infotechplus]

... i dont care wat people say the better the gun the better the result simple as that ...

Amen to that!

Cheers,

Peter

[Grega]

meh, pete it works son.

[o_man_ra23]

Ive never had good results with Motospray... Protec stuff is the same price and 10 times better... then theres better stuff that that.

[rob_85]

HAHAHHA i knew this thead would be all over the place....

hats off to Ross (casino kid) he is good spray painter and i've witnessed his good work, any one who can hang up there car doors, bonnets and bootlids vertically just to avoid getting too much dust in there and still no get any runs impresses me. and yes it was a nice wet coat/finish. Didnt even cut it back and polish it and the gloss was blinding my eyeballs.

Respect to Ross!!

nothing further......

Matty

here is said vehical


also, anyone here use 1 git ?

[o_man_ra23]

Every time I paint a falcadore

[rob_85]

nothing beats "Chrome-in-a-can"