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David_Doan
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It’s summer, over 90 degrees and I finally started painting… not the best combination. I started with a door. The door is one of the harder pieces to paint due to the structure on the inside. I decided to use a Preval sprayer to do the inside of the door, and a roller on the outside.
On the first attempt with the sprayer, the primer was too thick, then I thinned it again ~20%. It was spraying beautifully, but I forgot that it is not a real spray can. When I turned it almost sideways, it sucked paint in the the air supply and blew paint blobs all over my almost finished 1st coat.
In my research for Interlux Pre-kote primer, I read that a lot of people roll it on straight out of the can. That might be OK at 70 degrees, not 80-90. So the first coat of rolled primer looked more like textured wallboard.
So, I sanded most of the 1st coat off due to the above issues, then wiped it down with thinner per the instructions. In areas where the Pre-kote was sanded off, thinner got under the adjacent Pre-kote and the Pre-kote lifted. I sanded it all off and started over.
The spraying went better the next time, except that I forgot to tune my brain that this is again not real spray paint and I got major runs. I remembered not to tilt it too much, but sprayed too much.
The roller part went better, thinned the primer to about 20%, and it rolled much better. the mistake this time was stopping to grab my camera to take a pic before I tipped it with a dry roller. The tipping still worked but some areas had dried, leaving a texture I had to sand off again.
The good thing about the hot weather is that you can recoat in less time. Tonight while spraying what should have been the last coat, I learned one more thing. The previous coat was really good, I had one sag (almost run) that I sanded off. When I sprayed fresh primer on that spot, it was not as dry as the other areas and it crazed and lifted. I will have to let that part dry thoroughly, sand it and try again….
Before Tipping
After tipping
While waiting for the door primer to dry, I worked on the wheels. The first paint I tried was was Rustoleum Matt Nickel Metallic. I tried it twice, both times it had a dusty texture, it was drying to fast. The next time I tried Dupli-color Silver Wheel paint. To slow the drying, I stored the paint and the wheel in the house, and painted early in the morning. This one turned out pretty good, has a couple things I want to fix, but you have to wait 7 days to recoat.
While waiting, I stripped down another wheel and tried Rustoleum Smoke Gray Gloss. The traditional rustoleum colors dry much slower than the metallics. The gray laid down beautifully (even though I shot it in my 95 degree garage) and has a beautiful wet looking gloss. I've not 100% decided yet, but I think I like the gloss gray better than the metallic silver.
On the first attempt with the sprayer, the primer was too thick, then I thinned it again ~20%. It was spraying beautifully, but I forgot that it is not a real spray can. When I turned it almost sideways, it sucked paint in the the air supply and blew paint blobs all over my almost finished 1st coat.
In my research for Interlux Pre-kote primer, I read that a lot of people roll it on straight out of the can. That might be OK at 70 degrees, not 80-90. So the first coat of rolled primer looked more like textured wallboard.
So, I sanded most of the 1st coat off due to the above issues, then wiped it down with thinner per the instructions. In areas where the Pre-kote was sanded off, thinner got under the adjacent Pre-kote and the Pre-kote lifted. I sanded it all off and started over.
The spraying went better the next time, except that I forgot to tune my brain that this is again not real spray paint and I got major runs. I remembered not to tilt it too much, but sprayed too much.
The roller part went better, thinned the primer to about 20%, and it rolled much better. the mistake this time was stopping to grab my camera to take a pic before I tipped it with a dry roller. The tipping still worked but some areas had dried, leaving a texture I had to sand off again.
The good thing about the hot weather is that you can recoat in less time. Tonight while spraying what should have been the last coat, I learned one more thing. The previous coat was really good, I had one sag (almost run) that I sanded off. When I sprayed fresh primer on that spot, it was not as dry as the other areas and it crazed and lifted. I will have to let that part dry thoroughly, sand it and try again….
Before Tipping
After tipping
While waiting for the door primer to dry, I worked on the wheels. The first paint I tried was was Rustoleum Matt Nickel Metallic. I tried it twice, both times it had a dusty texture, it was drying to fast. The next time I tried Dupli-color Silver Wheel paint. To slow the drying, I stored the paint and the wheel in the house, and painted early in the morning. This one turned out pretty good, has a couple things I want to fix, but you have to wait 7 days to recoat.
While waiting, I stripped down another wheel and tried Rustoleum Smoke Gray Gloss. The traditional rustoleum colors dry much slower than the metallics. The gray laid down beautifully (even though I shot it in my 95 degree garage) and has a beautiful wet looking gloss. I've not 100% decided yet, but I think I like the gloss gray better than the metallic silver.
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