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Old April 1st, 2013, 04:54 AM
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Default Spray paint texturing

I did a little painting with my powder puff mechanic this weekend, just fiddling around and enjoying the weather. Well it turned out looking nice, but some bits of it are textured looking and rough.

Do you sand them down or something? Respray them? It's spray paint from a can, not special gun paint. I can't get a gun yet.


The project was just the air cleaner. We were trying to see how difficult it'd be on a small guinea pig before we messed with anything important.
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Hi Fetch, you should easily be able to get spray gun quality paint jobs with rattle cans on smaller areas like air cleaners. It does take some preperation like doing bodywork. Sand first, clean, primer, sand again primer again then rub with scotchbrite, clean again then spray the color.

I hope no one minds but these pics are of the dash, guages and steering wheel of my '55 GMC, that I painted last February. all of the satin black is Krylon spray bombs, the ivory and bluish green are brush painted with sign painters enamel. The bluish green looks much "bluer" in the flash of the camera than it really is. I used Rustoleum high fill primer also in rattlecans.

pic1-What I started with.
pic2-Sanding the old paint someone spray bombed many years ago.
pic3-Ready to paint
pic4-Steering wheel painted satin black
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Old April 2nd, 2013, 06:23 AM
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Default Re: Spray paint texturing

1 rule common to can or gun: keep the spray pattern square to the surface being painted, the practice GMCDAC is referring to.
Rule 2: overlap your passes to melt the new pass into the last one.
Rule 3: have smooth even-paced motion over the surface. Too fast give too thin a coat that looks dry, too slow and you gave a puddle.

Keep practicing!
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Default Re: Spray paint texturing

Thanks for the tips guys. A guy at the paint store said it was too windy outside. It made the paint dry and go on thin. Im gonna wetsand with 2000 grit and then respray it. It was a test to practice anyway. I get a kick out of learning this stuff.
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2000 grit is used before polishing a clear coat. If you are repainting, you should use 360 grit, otherwise you'll be at it all day--trying to get the texture out.
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2000 grit is used before polishing a clear coat. If you are repainting, you should use 360 grit, otherwise you'll be at it all day--trying to get the texture out.
LOL! I sure don't want that. PP mechanic will get a kick out of sanding but not all day. Ill go with 360 instead. We're going to start tomorrow afternoon if the rain lets up.
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I prefer painting in the rain, since it keeps the dust down. Definitely want to paint in a controlled environment (wind, dust, bugs). Hanging a cloth curtain in a garage is helpful--and keeps the over-spray dust off of other stuff.

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