Couple questions for the group about a paint spraying technique.
First of all, I'm far far from being an expert. My painting experience is touch up here and there, some priming, and a motorcycle I painted with DuPont base/clear-coat a few years back.
So my questions have to do with the direction of spray. On the motor cycle, I noticed that when spraying the clear-coat, if I tilted the gun slightly so that the 'overspray' went toward the unpainted section of the part, that the clear-coat flowed out nicely. Conversely, when the 'overspray' went toward the already sprayed area, it left the surface with a light dusting (overspray?) that did not flow out to be smooth and therefore looked poor.
Tonight I painted a nose-gear door with PPG DCC and it didn't seem to matter as long as I went slow enough so there was enough paint to flow out.
So, has anyone experienced the same? Is this 'dusting' common? Is it a result of the type of paint? Temperature? Reducer? Or all of the above?
Thanks in advance for the insight!
-Jim
40603
First of all, I'm far far from being an expert. My painting experience is touch up here and there, some priming, and a motorcycle I painted with DuPont base/clear-coat a few years back.
So my questions have to do with the direction of spray. On the motor cycle, I noticed that when spraying the clear-coat, if I tilted the gun slightly so that the 'overspray' went toward the unpainted section of the part, that the clear-coat flowed out nicely. Conversely, when the 'overspray' went toward the already sprayed area, it left the surface with a light dusting (overspray?) that did not flow out to be smooth and therefore looked poor.
Tonight I painted a nose-gear door with PPG DCC and it didn't seem to matter as long as I went slow enough so there was enough paint to flow out.
So, has anyone experienced the same? Is this 'dusting' common? Is it a result of the type of paint? Temperature? Reducer? Or all of the above?
Thanks in advance for the insight!
-Jim
40603