Sanchez wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:20 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:10 pm
Pretty fine. You may need to do some masking though. Turning down the air pressure helps a lot too. On my full-sized compressor I would set my regulator to about 15 PSI and it would be a nice even pattern. I'm hoping this smaller compressor will act the same. I just wanted something so I can paint outside since the stuff I'm spraying requires a respirator and even uncured will require Acetone or MEK to remove any overspray, so not really indoor friendly or car in the garage safe.
I would mostly be priming and base coating with it, my brush on primer covers pretty awful with a brush and I'm too impatient to use multiple thin coats.
Will definitely work.
You may need to thin your primer and base, and then just adjust the nozzle on the airbrush to how fine of a mist you want.
Last night I coated one of my guns and it turned out perfect with the small compressor. I'm so pissed that I messed it up and have to redo it today.
The stuff I'm using needs to go onto a heated surface, so I have to use my heat gun to keep the surface between 120 and 200F. This stops any possibility of runs as the finish flashes onto the part. No problem, even outside in the the low 50's. Then you have to bake it for 1 hour at 300F.. no problem.
It's been a long time since I refinished a gun I forgot about the tolerances and build-up from the finish, even super thin from the airbrush, so when I put it back together everything was too tight.
Today I need to re-blast the part, file the rails to be a bit looser when unfinished and run the reamer through the holes again, then apply the finish again.