gcanroc
Custom title
That day...about 50%.
That day...about 50%.
I paint year round, sunny, snowy, rainy, hot cold, wife mad at me Build a small paint booth in your home. Does not take much to do. Mine is 10'x13'. Fresh air filters, exhaust fan in ceiling, water trap, air plumbed in and fresh air supply for me.
I thank you for the info, however it is that my home does not even have a garage, but I do have a basement, yet that is used often by my family, but I may be able to build something like that in the future, after the Coronavirus ends.Could you build something that is not a part of your home then. So that it could be made movable? Do you have a garage? A small cabinet with a exhaust fan of sorts. The only thing you need to be careful of is you do not want it to pick up dust and leave it on your paint job. You could heat a small space in a garage easy. Would be out of the weather. I used to paint in a less than friendly place. Hate picking bugs out of dried paint the next morning. My work greatly improved with the use of my paint booth. Might be some thing to look into. Good luck.
I paint year round, sunny, snowy, rainy, hot cold, wife mad at me Build a small paint booth in your home. Does not take much to do. Mine is 10'x13'. Fresh air filters, exhaust fan in ceiling, water trap, air plumbed in and fresh air supply for me.
With a smaller rocket, is it possible to bake it at 180-200* to accelerate paint curing (when the wife's away)?
So I was spraying the Metallic Black tonight and had huge blemishes... I fogged on 3 light coats and went for the 4th heavier coat when we noticed it...
I’m letting it sit overnight and I’ll lightly sand with 1000-1500 grit and see it I can salvage this...
Only had an issue in the past once which a pearl Dupli color in the past.
Body tube had primer and was wiped down before spraying.
Any ideas as to what would cause it??
View attachment 414417View attachment 414418
Thanks! That's a huge compliment considering it's paint.Nice wrap!
Any flake paint usually takes a few coats to even the flakes out. With rattle cans its hard to get them even but usually a good clear coat will help highlight the duller portions of the paint. I went through this recently and I was unhappy with the results until I cleared it. The metallic I put on over gloss black was supposed to give it a black chrome look providing you went relatively light with the silver. Well I did just that but since I painted the silver on at night on the back deck with poor lighting, the silver wasn't evenly applied. I could have put more on to even it but I would have lost the black chrome look I was after instead turning the thing to silver. I wasn't happy with it but decided to roll with the clear anyway and it looked way better once cleared. View attachment 414462
You paint job still came out on your silver pretty decent. Rocket looks good!!!
I went light coats for the 3 and 1 solid final coat.
Today I sprayed multiple light coats to cover but holding the can 16-20 inches away allowed flakes to separate some and coat more.
Sad thing I should have used masking tape and not my 25 year old pin stripe tape.. As I pulled off the pin stripe tape it pulled up primer.. lol can’t win for loosing. Can’t wait for Hobby Lobby to open so I can go to air brushing..
View attachment 414482
You paint job still came out on your silver pretty decent. Rocket looks good!!!
I went light coats for the 3 and 1 solid final coat.
Today I sprayed multiple light coats to cover but holding the can 16-20 inches away allowed flakes to separate some and coat more.
Sad thing I should have used masking tape and not my 25 year old pin stripe tape.. As I pulled off the pin stripe tape it pulled up primer.. lol can’t win for loosing. Can’t wait for Hobby Lobby to open so I can go to air brushing..
The black metallic on white is a great look. That's going to be a gorgeous Zephyr.I went light coats for the 3 and 1 solid final coat.
Today I sprayed multiple light coats to cover but holding the can 16-20 inches away allowed flakes to separate some and coat more.
Sad thing I should have used masking tape and not my 25 year old pin stripe tape.. As I pulled off the pin stripe tape it pulled up primer.. lol can’t win for loosing. Can’t wait for Hobby Lobby to open so I can go to air brushing..
Yes if you can smell paint is not fully cured. I just did the same combo painted rocket all white. 2 days later put some red on it all was fine. Clear coat gives me trouble. I am finding it needs to be applied on fully cured paint and lated on with many lite coats.With the lockdown in effect track of time is lost. I think I could say at +48 hours before applying the red spray paint. Although when I was taping for the red color I couldn’t help but notice a strong fresh paint smell.
Man.......................Note: This on the side of the Rustoleum spray paint can, "Under" Dry and Re-coat times..."On plastic, maximum paint adhesion and durability is achieved in 5-7 days. Sheesk!!!
VDutel, have you looked at trying out some Tamiya 6 or 10mm tape for the lines, instead of masking tape. I have had good success with it (the one time there was an issue, it was user error).
Those are great results...do you prep your balsa fins at all??Just to show my way of doing it. 3 hours from bare to clear. 55 degrees.
Enter your email address to join: