Yeah but what to spray them with?Originally Posted by p.dath
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Yeah but what to spray them with?
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Errr...
"Paint"?
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Grab a small compressor and spray them properly.
Even better is just hitting them with a random orbit sander and then roller paint them.
We have done them between two saw-horses. Put a 100mm nail in the middle of each end of the door (top & bottom) so you can then rotissere them once one side has been painted. Just flip over and do the other side.
No runs either!
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Yeah I have a compresor and spray gun - just can't see it blowing water based enamel...Errr...
"Paint"?
* Seriously, do NOT get the wagner in the trademe advert.
Grab a small compressor and spray them properly.
Even better is just hitting them with a random orbit sander and then roller paint them.
We have done them between two saw-horses. Put a 100mm nail in the middle of each end of the door (top & bottom) so you can then rotissere them once one side has been painted. Just flip over and do the other side.
No runs either!
I need to experiment with rollers as the ones I have are leaving an awful finish... Gah! Bloody doors... Hates them I do...
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My compressor handles it fine, its just a cheapo repco jobby that I use with a decent sagola spray gun. Try painting some scraps first,till you get a brew your happy with.
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So thin it with water and drop in some flotrol or something
Don't forget to bring a towel
Fuck paying someone to do it, just have a sesh first and bust out a roller and DIY.
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I just mix a bit of water in and then play around until it comes right, can be of a bit of a shit to get right though with enamel paints. Air less would be a better spray option, but a normal compressor can get good results if you persist.
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Recently did a bunch of doors at my place, sprayed the grooved ones (well someone else did) because they're an arse to paint, did the flat ones with a 6mm roller and they came up pretty good. Just gave them a sand to get rid of any nasties, 2 coats of undercoat and another sand, 2 coats of topcoat and done.
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a 6 mm roller? fark.... Thats keen
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Nah. Piss easy.
Just thin it gradually until you hold up the stirring stick and it all dribbles off under a second or two *.
* Obviously there will be a few drops after that, but the bulk scoots off damn quickly. (another reason to have flat surfaces or REALLY intense lights to see where you have sprayed!)
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Must be just me then, always seems to take me a while to set up for spraying enamels.
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A standard acrylic (being doors I wanted a harder paint on them to resist chipping).
sdkfz
14 doors?
Just get all the nuns to paint their own damn doors.
Measure once, cut twice. Practice makes perfect.
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You can hire a decent airless from most hire shops, whack a 10litre under it and blast away. Piece of piss. If you want hard wearing( in other words, not paint them again for a long time) use enamel. Just remember, enamel sticks to enamel and water based to water based, so if you do the doors with the same type of paint as the door jambs, they will stick to each other and one or both will end up looking like arse when you pull em apart
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