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Hello People...
last week's weather was not paint friendly and I only got to paint an hour here and there, it was cloudy & windy most every day and below 70 deg. when I did start painting, I found that painting in a horizontal position with these spray cans caused a dusting effect, the rest of the stand
would have to be painted in a vertical position. I made a stand that worked out pretty well for that purpose.
The first pieces I painted were the center web in two parts, the pedestals and the support base...
Yesterday and today the weather was perfect, and I got the drawer, doors, chip pan and center support painted.
The black paint regardless of prep was harder to paint as smooth a finish as the grey paint, both have this dusting effect like the paint is flashing off quickly.... the outside temp was around 70 deg, so this was unexpected. the directions say it takes 30 minutes dry to touch and handle in 3 hrs, and to use several light coats to prevent sagging... I ended up going with 1 light coat and 2 medium wet coats to get a decent finish. each coat was about 5 minutes apart.
There was always a slight breeze 1-3 miles an hour at most and may have caused the paint to flash quickly, the paint does have excellent coverage, hide ability, sheen and does not require a primer... The grey for reasons unknown painted easier and with less aberrations then the black but the paint job as a whole came out pretty decent.
Prep was easy, removed loose paint & rust on the chip pan then washed everything in soap and water and let dry, wiped down each piece with acetone before painting.
I used 3 3/4 cans of black and 2 1/2 cans of grey to paint the whole stand. I hope the paint lives up to the claims made about it, one thing is for sure it was nice not to have to clean up a spray rig after each paint session.
Last but not least, it takes a few days for this paint to completely cure so just resist the urge to wipe off any dust till then.
I just have a couple things to finish up tomorrow, order the vinyl Enco Ultra stickers, hand paint the inside of the pedestals, install end caps, door handles and she'll be done.
Sometime this week I'll remount the lathe bed and start building the back splash...
Thanks for Looking.
last week's weather was not paint friendly and I only got to paint an hour here and there, it was cloudy & windy most every day and below 70 deg. when I did start painting, I found that painting in a horizontal position with these spray cans caused a dusting effect, the rest of the stand
would have to be painted in a vertical position. I made a stand that worked out pretty well for that purpose.
The first pieces I painted were the center web in two parts, the pedestals and the support base...
Yesterday and today the weather was perfect, and I got the drawer, doors, chip pan and center support painted.
The black paint regardless of prep was harder to paint as smooth a finish as the grey paint, both have this dusting effect like the paint is flashing off quickly.... the outside temp was around 70 deg, so this was unexpected. the directions say it takes 30 minutes dry to touch and handle in 3 hrs, and to use several light coats to prevent sagging... I ended up going with 1 light coat and 2 medium wet coats to get a decent finish. each coat was about 5 minutes apart.
There was always a slight breeze 1-3 miles an hour at most and may have caused the paint to flash quickly, the paint does have excellent coverage, hide ability, sheen and does not require a primer... The grey for reasons unknown painted easier and with less aberrations then the black but the paint job as a whole came out pretty decent.
Prep was easy, removed loose paint & rust on the chip pan then washed everything in soap and water and let dry, wiped down each piece with acetone before painting.
I used 3 3/4 cans of black and 2 1/2 cans of grey to paint the whole stand. I hope the paint lives up to the claims made about it, one thing is for sure it was nice not to have to clean up a spray rig after each paint session.
Last but not least, it takes a few days for this paint to completely cure so just resist the urge to wipe off any dust till then.
I just have a couple things to finish up tomorrow, order the vinyl Enco Ultra stickers, hand paint the inside of the pedestals, install end caps, door handles and she'll be done.
Sometime this week I'll remount the lathe bed and start building the back splash...
Thanks for Looking.
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