iublue
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Registered: 07/08/07
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Loc: Indiana
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I am quite new to spraying and would like to get input here. This table, I did not spray because of all the curves and tight spaces so I used an wipe on oil finish.
Could a piece like this be sprayed with good results without years of experience?
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DanielBerlin
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Registered: 12/31/07
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Loc: Mountain View, CA
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iublue said:
I am quite new to spraying and would like to get input here. This table, I did not spray because of all the curves and tight spaces so I used an wipe on oil finish.
Could a piece like this be sprayed with good results without years of experience?
Yes. You just spray slower (IE turn fluid amount down, increase dwell time), and use retarder/etc to make whatever stuff you are spraying more forgiving at the cost of increased dry time.
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JR1
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Assuming that you are using a spray friendly finish—not an oil—and a decent HVLP with a detail gun or air brush, not a problem. Requires some practice and patience I recommend Spray Finishing Made Simple: A Book and Step-by-Step Companion DVD . I bought it for my brother and he found the DVD very useful. A regular spray gun will also work just harder to use and much messier.
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Edited by JR1 (08/11/12 10:00 PM)
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chemmy
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Registered: 05/12/12
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Loc: Knoxville TN
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I would advise anyone spraying a table like this to do the top seperate from the base, make spraying much simpler.
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fredhargis
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Loc: Waynesfield, Ohio
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No specific input, but I do want to comment on that table: it is quite stunning, well done!
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jteneyck
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Registered: 01/24/10
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Loc: Western NY
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Why spray it when it's so much easier to use a wiping finish, at least on the lower section? Is it that you want to use a finish that can't be wiped on, like lacquer?
John
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Howard Acheson
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The key is the order in which you spray the various components. It's more complex than this but what you basically want to do is spray in an order where you do not have overspray landing on previously sprayed surfaces. With spraying you frequently have to consider the order of spraying and spry parts before assembly.
I suggest you get Charron's Spray Painting. Amazon will have it. It will give you lots of good info about spraying.
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NiteWalker
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Registered: 03/12/06
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Loc: Albany, NY
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Howard Acheson said:
The key is the order in which you spray the various components. It's more complex than this but what you basically want to do is spray in an order where you do not have overspray landing on previously sprayed surfaces. With spraying you frequently have to consider the order of spraying and spry parts before assembly.
I suggest you get Charron's Spray Painting. Amazon will have it. It will give you lots of good info about spraying.
What Howie said.
Charron's book is great.
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