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[Pete Elite]

Looks like a good job for a job done outside at this time of the year Ken .

[waspy]

Flys getting stuck weren't the problem, my Hydrovane  was struggling to feed both the mask and gun at the same time, and at certain points the gun stopped atomising the spray. Result runs in the clear coat. And also with the sun from cerrtain angles, you couldn't see if you were overlapping the previous run properly, so there are several dry patches.

But it was great fun, and for all my mistakes its a hundred times better than it was. 

Thats how I learn about doing things. I can't spray well, but I know the basics, and next time it will be better. Now to find somebody elses car to practise on 

Ken

I can't knock you for trying & that's how we succeed.
Good for you Ken

[Vamps]

What paint did you use, and why did you need an air mask if spraying outside surly just a good filtered mask would do??
Looks like a good result...

[Ken T]

I used 2 pack paint, which uses Isocynates to start the curing process, so its not nice to inhale. I discovered that you can buy a specific filter mask for 2 pack spraying for about £20, but I have asthma and don't want to make it worse. Interestingly enough I think the base coat is a normal solvent evaporation paint, its the clear coat (and poss the primer ?) which is particularly nasty.

The paint I got from a local shop; I went for the house brand which was a bad idea !. I bought the original paint a year ago, and had to buy some more base coat. Despite being the same name, the paints are different colours, so GM Ural Mountain Metalic is not the same from different manufacturers. With hinesight I would have chosen a more expensive paint from a well known manufacturer; you would have been able to get data sheets giving application times and the paint would have better, more repeatable characteristics.

Ken

[geoff]

Isocynates in 2 pack paints can cause cancer and is very piosoness so air feed mask is needed for this,still looks good though for first go very nice welll done m8y :ythe stuff usually from cans is ether cellulose or acrylic paint 

[PhilRich]

Fantastic job mate given that it was your first time and in the worst possible conditions