| When you are spray painting, don't be timid. You can | | | | Is the wide pattern technique the best? |
| bet you are going to get some runs and if you don't | | | | If you are using the clear materials, you can use the |
| wet the panel adequately then its going to show like | | | | wide patter, but pay attention to what you are |
| a dry look with a lot of pitting pattern. If the run | | | | doing. You could end up with some really obvious bad |
| happens to be during the clear coat application you | | | | patterns. The perfect spray pattern has to be |
| can usually repair that once it cures. You will be able | | | | perfectly even from top to bottom. The other thing |
| to sand out the run and recoat the panel. Don't fall | | | | you need to consider and will have to contend with is |
| into the trap of cover-up. Meaning you load on more | | | | the over spray that occurs when the gun is wide |
| material to try to cover up the mistake. It just does | | | | open. |
| not work. | | | | I have a HVLP spray gun Can I use any technique I |
| If you follow the instructions, at least your application | | | | want? |
| problems won't be as a result of not enough flash | | | | You cannot use a regular technique with this spray |
| time. What happens in this case is as the application is | | | | gun because its give out 10 psi at the cap as |
| curing the solvents in the material evaporate. If you | | | | opposed to the 50psi in the conventional guns. This |
| add another coat before this has fully taken place | | | | means the distance will not be as great with the |
| then the material is going to flow. Do yourself a | | | | HVLP gun that means you must be closer to the |
| favor and always add for a little extra curing time. | | | | paint surface. For the convention guns, the standard |
| You can save yourself a lot of work and headaches | | | | distance is 8inches whereas with the HVLP it should |
| by doing this. If the car isn't exposed to, even drying | | | | be between two to four inches. |
| time such as what happens in cross flow spray | | | | Will I be able to get as much speed with the HVLP? |
| booths then the colder side tends to run. | | | | Standard guns efficiency for transfer is about |
| Finally, you get the perfect application and then a fly | | | | 25-30% whereas with the HVLP it's about 65%. So |
| comes along and lands in your material. Don't panic. | | | | needless to say, the gun excels in this department. |
| Use a pair of tweezers carefully to remove it. | | | | You have to remember though that the closer you |
| Hopefully there will just be a slight imperfection that | | | | are spraying to the target surface the faster your |
| you will able to sand then polish. Worst comes to | | | | stroke. As you extend your distance, you can reduce |
| worst you will end up respraying the panel. | | | | your stroke. With the HVLP, your target distance is |
| Some common questions when it comes to spray | | | | 2-4 inches. |
| painting techniques are as follows. | | | | |