spraying

[old skool freestyler]

i just brought a compressor and spray gun was just wondering whats the best way to spray? like do i move the gun up and down or side to side? i know you have to put in the paint like 2 parts thinners 1 part paint or whatever how do you work it out as not sure

[flyingbanana]

all depends on what panel you are doing ...but you need to go over 75% of your last spray other wise you willl see faint lines between the coats .....have a practice

[old skool freestyler]

oh 1 more question whats the bast way to clean the gun take it to bits or my mate has a cleaner thing you just spray threw the gun

[Rick]

i wouldnt thin it down that much mate your more likely to get runs, 50/50 works well enough.

 

spray your panel side to side, then top to bottom and repeat until your happy

 

have fun

 

i would clean after every use too just in case any shite blows out in your next use... its gutting when you ruin a good job because you were too lazy to clean the gun properly.

 

...and i still do it i never learn

[old skool freestyler]

cheers people gona have a go next weekend

[Nettles]

The trick is to get plenty of practice in first fella. Give yourself plenty of time to do the job, don’t rush it. Also make sure you’ve got plenty of room as well.

Keep your movements smooth and don’t stop on the panel, always run off the edge.

Work out what distance to hold the gun from the surface your gonna spray to ensure a good even coverage.

There’s deffo an art to spraying and it just comes with plenty of practice.

Good luck

[old skool freestyler]

ummm room is gona be a bit of a prob have to make up a tent thing round car thanks for the advice shall start practicing asap

[Mrs O/H/C]

sent you p.m

[old skool freestyler]

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[kirk10]

personaly i stand to the side when spraying then making the most of your reach with your arm so you dont have to cross your body with the smooth movement

also that way you can see the paint go on the panel and no when you have enough on and your speed is right

 

mix the paint 50 -50 like whats been said

or 40 paint and 60 thinners

but practise first you will be fine

if the end result is orange peel afect dont panik

just wet flat it down when dry and g3 it back up

[john_3.0s]

just wet flat it down when dry and g3 it back up

 

whats g3??

[old skool freestyler]

i was wondering that

[flyingbanana]

just wet flat it down when dry and g3 it back up

 

whats g3??

 

rubbing compound it comes in a yellow bottle

[Rick]

just wet flat it down when dry and g3 it back up

 

whats g3??

 

 

[old skool freestyler]

god i love that colour thats y mine is gona go a similar colour

[Jarrodm]

Lacquer....

 

When i metal flaked my FS1E i did about 3 days of prep work on just 4 panels ! Good preperation is key....Spend as long as you can practicing and then getting the panels perfect before spraying.

 

Leave it lots of time to dry between coats and be REALLY carefull when it's al done. It'll take about a week to fully harden then you can polish or t cut it as much as you want !

 

Have fun.

 

Jarrod

[Rick]

this is the effect it gives in real life, its the most real colour pic iv taken so far

[kirk10]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Farecla-G3-Regula ... dZViewItem

[old skool freestyler]

this is the effect it gives in real life, its the most real colour pic iv taken so far

 

droooooooooooool is that with alot of buffing up aswell?

[Rick]

thats about half hour after spraying. it aint polished yet

[Jarrodm]

Hey rick, i saw the original pic....Looked good.

 

Jarrod

[old skool freestyler]

thats about half hour after spraying. it aint polished yet

 

wow gona get some paint this week and have a go i think wish me luck lol

[fergus mk2]

make sure ur commprsser isnt putting out to much presser we had to rig up a regulator

[old skool freestyler]

it already has a reg on it as it was used for spraying when i brought it