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Post by peterboat on Aug 26, 2019 23:11:56 GMT
Fingers crossed, I am spraying to front of my boat I find it quicker and gives a better finish, paint for lorries seems to give a durable finish. I rollered and brushed the last boat and it came out well, but does seem to take a long time/hard work to get the same finish as with a spraygun
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 27, 2019 7:22:33 GMT
Fingers crossed, I am spraying to front of my boat I find it quicker and gives a better finish, paint for lorries seems to give a durable finish. I rollered and brushed the last boat and it came out well, but does seem to take a long time/hard work to get the same finish as with a spraygun I know, I've spray painted quite a lot. I have two compressors, air fed mask and filters, water traps, a cheap primer gun and a top of the range Devilbiss gun...but you can't spray paint in a marina, on the canal or even in the marina painting shed (H&S), so it's rollers and brushes for us.
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Post by peterboat on Aug 27, 2019 9:09:45 GMT
Fingers crossed, I am spraying to front of my boat I find it quicker and gives a better finish, paint for lorries seems to give a durable finish. I rollered and brushed the last boat and it came out well, but does seem to take a long time/hard work to get the same finish as with a spraygun I know, I've spray painted quite a lot. I have two compressors, air fed mask and filters, water traps, a cheap primer gun and a top of the range Devilbiss gun...but you can't spray paint in a marina, on the canal or even in the marina painting shed (H&S), so it's rollers and brushes for us. Bugger, Tully is happy to let me spray so I guess I am fortunate
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 27, 2019 12:17:01 GMT
I know, I've spray painted quite a lot. I have two compressors, air fed mask and filters, water traps, a cheap primer gun and a top of the range Devilbiss gun...but you can't spray paint in a marina, on the canal or even in the marina painting shed (H&S), so it's rollers and brushes for us. Bugger, Tully is happy to let me spray so I guess I am fortunate They are a bit nervous here since someone burned down the boat shed when it was almost new. Nothing to with spraying but the result is caution in all areas and saying no is so easy.
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 27, 2019 12:20:40 GMT
We did another coat today and ballsed it up by not having the paint thin enough. Still better than the original stripey bit, but not as good as the previous coat. Ah well, at least we know why and always intended one more coat...out with the DA again tomorrow...
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Post by airedaleman on Aug 27, 2019 18:47:26 GMT
I found it very difficult to avoid the stripy effect on my barges roof. It was 12ft wide by 50ft long and I tried all sorts of rollers. The real problem is the drying edge before I could get across the roof as had to do it half width at a time then go round the other side. Tried all sorts but really the best was not to do it in to much heat and use owtrol. From eye level it looked good but from the wheelhouse on a sunny day you could still see the flat spots.
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Post by peterboat on Aug 27, 2019 22:28:33 GMT
Bugger, Tully is happy to let me spray so I guess I am fortunate They are a bit nervous here since someone burned down the boat shed when it was almost new. Nothing to with spraying but the result is caution in all areas and saying no is so easy. Oops
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 2, 2019 16:52:10 GMT
Back to this, something went a bit right! The bus windows. I really wouldn't have chosen the tacky gold effect anodising, but... the inside is ok still so gold it had to be. The outside has weathered as anodising does in the sun. There's nothing can be done with this apart from dismantling and anodising again - expensive, new windows, expensive and wasteful, Greta wouldn't be impressed, or painting. Yes, some cheapskate used steel screws. Grrr. I can't brush paint, I'm rubbish at it and always have been so I looked for a simple solution. I took off the drip strip, the bits either side of the hopper window and condensation hole covers to paint separately, removed and replaced all the hopper seals, sanded/keyed with 120 grit, masked and sprayed with some magical Rustoleum Universal metallic that claims to stick to aluminium. Interesting paint. When I messed up a drip strip I washed it off with thinners - first a gold lacquer came off leaving silver metallic. Then the silver layer came off leaving a grey primer, then the primer. How do they do that? It was 3 coats from a single can but it sorted itself out into layers! £6.99 a can from screwfix, one can did 3 windows. The windows look like new.
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Post by peterboat on Oct 2, 2019 17:44:25 GMT
They do look good! well done for a job well done.
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Post by patty on Oct 3, 2019 5:39:07 GMT
Back to this, something went a bit right! The bus windows. I really wouldn't have chosen the tacky gold effect anodising, but... the inside is ok still so gold it had to be. The outside has weathered as anodising does in the sun. There's nothing can be done with this apart from dismantling and anodising again - expensive, new windows, expensive and wasteful, Greta wouldn't be impressed, or painting. Yes, some cheapskate used steel screws. Grrr. I can't brush paint, I'm rubbish at it and always have been so I looked for a simple solution. I took off the drip strip, the bits either side of the hopper window and condensation hole covers to paint separately, removed and replaced all the hopper seals, sanded/keyed with 120 grit, masked and sprayed with some magical Rustoleum Universal metallic that claims to stick to aluminium. Interesting paint. When I messed up a drip strip I washed it off with thinners - first a gold lacquer came off leaving silver metallic. Then the silver layer came off leaving a grey primer, then the primer. How do they do that? It was 3 coats from a single can but it sorted itself out into layers! £6.99 a can from screwfix, one can did 3 windows. The windows look like new. Thats brill..bet you are well chuffed with that
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Post by Jim on Oct 3, 2019 19:27:14 GMT
Rustoleum is certainly the dogs bollox. I painted my boat with combicolor, no primer needed.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 4, 2019 8:03:33 GMT
Rustoleum is certainly the dogs bollox. I painted my boat with combicolor, no primer needed. Combi colour is good stuff, I considered using it, but it's not as long lasting as trad style paints. I note your boat looks a bit faded when you post pictures? Anyhoo, the Universal I used is completely different paint, just the same manufacturer. Here's a close up of a window in case anyone reading is considering using the paint.
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Post by patty on Oct 4, 2019 10:27:38 GMT
That looks really nice
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