Any painters out there?

[earlfor]

Jethro, the stuff is extremely toxic. Some people have some tolerance to it, others have none at all. If you are one of the extremely sensitive ones, you will fall over and pass out in less than two seconds. I have painted small items without a mask. I hold my breath, paint he part, and do not take a breath until I am out the door, door closed and ten feet into open outside air. I would wear prefer you wear a respirator. (its a case of do as I say, not as I do) LOL

For your purposes, you can do without using a primer as you are not striving for a glass smooth, showroom finish. Primer will increase adhesion somewhat, but again for this, I would not want to increase the overall cost either.

For Centari, you have only to wait about 10 minutes between coats. It will
be about surface set in that time. For black, two coats should give good coverage. No more than three should be needed. You will need to thin it about 35% if you are using a compressed air can to power an airbrush.

It will be dry to the touch in about 3 hours. Set to where you can reinstall the brakes in 48 hours. It continues hardening for 30 days. At 30 days it is about 98% as hard as it will get.

Earl

A couple of questions for ya Earl, if I'm just spraying small items like my master cyl and the tops to my carbs, do you think I'll need a resperator mask? I am thinking I'll only need about 30 seconds of spray time for these parts between coats, then I'll get the heck out of my mock paint booth.

Also, the place I got my supplies at was supposed to give me a print out that gives tips and such. What I need to know mostly is how long should I wait between coats, How many coats should I do, and how long until it is entirely cured?

Also, they didn't sell me any primer, do I not need it with this type of system?

 

[Jethro]

You will need to thin it about 35% if you are using a compressed air can to power an airbrush.

So, just so I have this right, I need to add more reducer. The reducer is actually a thinning agent, right? The people at the paint shop said I should mix it 4:1:1, if I go with 4:2:1 (Paint:reducer:hardener) I should be able to spray it ok? Also, I assume I can use the reducer as a thinner for clean up? I was planning on keeping a small amount of it on the side, then dipping the spray tube into it to clean the spray gun between coats.

 

[earlfor]

Yes, the reducer is a thinner. The proportion of paint to catalyst stays the same regardless of the amount of reducer you add. Always mix paint and catalyst together, then add reducer.

I usually use acetone for cleaning the spray gun. Acetone is $7 gallon at Home Depot. Reducer is $25 a quart.
Earl

You will need to thin it about 35% if you are using a compressed air can to power an airbrush.

So, just so I have this right, I need to add more reducer. The reducer is actually a thinning agent, right? The people at the paint shop said I should mix it 4:1:1, if I go with 4:2:1 (Paint:reducer:hardener) I should be able to spray it ok? Also, I assume I can use the reducer as a thinner for clean up? I was planning on keeping a small amount of it on the side, then dipping the spray tube into it to clean the spray gun between coats.