Re: IML: Rought Day in the Garage II

["Moorehouse Construction LLC" <smoorehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest that you check the rating on your compressor hvlp systems like 
constant presure at proper psi do you have a regulator on the gun ? and an 
air dryer on the compressor? Im not an expert but Im learnig
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From: <mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Rought Day in the Garage II


> Did you stain the paint when pouring it into the gun.  I alway do that. 
> Keep my HVLP gun from plugging up/.
> ---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As an add on to my previous message, I used Jasco
> > paint stripper to remove the "bad" or poorly shot
> > primer from the hood of the 1972.
> >
> > I then sanded down the hood and got the rest of the
> > funk off.  I asked the people that sold me the
> > catalyzed primer about my misfortune and they
> > suggested that I thin it and try again, since that's
> > the best stuff they sell.
> >
> > I did that, and poured nearly a quart of thinner into
> > the primer's gallon can before it thinned out and the
> > sludge on the bottom came up and went into suspension,
> > leaving the primer mixture thinner than other stuff
> > I've used.
> >
> > Well, thinning it down made all the difference.  The
> > primer went on "wet" and laid down flat very nicely.
> >
> > I just got done shooting the hood in gloss black.
> >
> > This was my first time with a HVLP gun, and I'd have
> > to say that I was pretty disappointed.  Now, the
> > problem is probably mine in that I "did something
> > incorrectly", since that's a lifestyle choice I made
> > long ago, but the material just didn't come out in
> > enough volume to allow it to go on "wet".
> >
> > This was most frustrating, and the paint went on
> > almost wet.  The poor thing ran out of juice and
> > seemed to plug up and refuse to spray 2/3 of the way
> > through the quart.
> >
> > I took it out and poured the remaining paint into my
> > older siphon gun and finished off the hood with that
> > older one.  It flowed nicely and I was able to get a
> > nice wet layer on top of most of the hood.  Looks like
> > I'll need it since the hood is anything but smooth at
> > this point.  I may knock it down and shoot another
> > coat, since there's some pretty nasty orange peel.
> >
> > Well, the price was right, anyway.
> >
> > I'll let it dry and we'll see how it cuts when I block
> > sand and polish a small area....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Kenyon
> >
> >
> >
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