prickrick Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Do we have any car paint sprayers, body finishers??? I could do with a bit of advice I will shortly be spraying a Triumph Spitfire I have been resoring, I have sprayed a few cars in the past, with varying degrees of success, using Celulose paints. But that was a few years ago The body work is ok and the bonnet is fibre glass Question What do you think I should use ?? I have a half decent eqipment and will be spraying it in my garage Cheers Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 here to help bud... when you ask what to use.. do you mean the type of paint... or primer... how much.. there are alot of questions ... I am not sure what advice your after.... but spraying in your garage is not gonna effect it if you do it wright... do you have a heater? remember alot of small coats of paint are much better than trying to put too much on at a time.. with fibre glass i would reccomend that you use 3 or 4 coats more than you would on the metal work... and the same amount of laqure. give me a shout bud... did that for some time.. if theres a techinal question... that i dont know i will post it on my other forum.. there are better sprayers than me.... hope this helps.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 From the limited time I spent in a spray shop. If your spraying on to bare metal i beleive you need an ETCH primer for bare metal. If you have any imperfections (swirls on bodge small imperfections) then high build primer can help get rid of them. Also when you want a nice deep shine finish i beleive you use a higher content of thinners with each coat but can't remember the ratio sorry I have never sprayed onto Fiberglass but my old man is a laminater by trade so i can always ask him if you need? LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 My experience is limited to spraying plastic and fiberglass model helicopter canopies. In my opinion you use as little covering as possible because of the flexibility of fiberglass... an excess of material placed on it will crack as the material bends. Any laquer should also be minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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