Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Pair of cans. . .

New cans have arrived, another can of white blonde and some clear gloss lacquer. I emailed the chap I got them off about the crap finish the first can of white blonde was giving. He checked the batch and apparently theres nowt wrong with the batch, its down to my bad technique Im afraid!!!
The plan at the moment is to put another half a dozen coats of the white blonde on and see what it looks like then clear coat it if it looks ok.



Ive been reading the tele forum and the fellas on there reckon I should be warming the cans before using them. This is supposed to increase the spraying pressure, make the paint and solvent mix better and make the coat dry quicker. I asked the paint chap if this was a good idea and if this was the reason I was getting a crappy finish - He said it wasnt and there was no need to warm the cans first - so I had a go anyway.



I had some paint left in the first can so I had a go with that, I put the can in hot water from the tap - didnt make an ounce of difference, still cack!!!!!

1 comment:

Marrow_Paul said...

Lewins, keep your chin up son. You've done brilliantly so far. I'm well impressed with the spray booth which kept together during the tornado/hurricane/cyclone/monsoon you had whilst at work.

You wanna write to Steven Spielberg to see if he'll make a film about your prehistoric beast!

Can't wait to see the finished item, not half as much as you though I imagine. Don't worry it'll be mint.