I've been practicing with JetFlex WR on some scrap and my old toolbox practice kits before starting to spray parts that will go into my plane. So far I haven't been able to get it as smooth as I would like so I wanted to see if anyone has been able to get a smoother finish and if anyone has any tips. The picture below is about as good as I've done so far...yeah there's a lot of dust in it, I'm thinking about building a paint booth for the real parts.
![IMG_20201017_213625771.jpg IMG_20201017_213625771.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/2/2178-cf30a499771d92feb4a3ce2863451975.jpg)
This was done with the paint reduced about 50%. I was only intending to reduce it about 25% (based on the paint's instructions) but I was using a very small batch of paint for this and I wasn't very precise with my gallon jug of distilled water. Although, other times when the paint was reduced 25% turned out pretty similar.
Under the JetFlex is a PPG Omni epoxy primer.
I'm using a Devilbiss FLG4 with a 1.3mm tip (read a blog somewhere that said a Sherwin Williams rep told them 1.3 would be fine) and the pressure set to about 23psi with the trigger pulled per the spray gun's instructions. About 50% overlap while spraying.
My guess is that I just don't know how to properly spray a medium wet coat, which is what the JetFlex WR instructions recommend, and I haven't found any good explanations online on how to do it either. The picture below is my best guess of what a medium wet coat looks like right after spraying it. Any dryer than that and the orange peel is worse or it feels like sand paper after it dries.
![IMG_20201017_150135292_HDR.jpg IMG_20201017_150135292_HDR.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/2/2179-a55c11eb3b8757d2c53dad70f7896a75.jpg)
![IMG_20201017_213625771.jpg IMG_20201017_213625771.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/2/2178-cf30a499771d92feb4a3ce2863451975.jpg)
This was done with the paint reduced about 50%. I was only intending to reduce it about 25% (based on the paint's instructions) but I was using a very small batch of paint for this and I wasn't very precise with my gallon jug of distilled water. Although, other times when the paint was reduced 25% turned out pretty similar.
Under the JetFlex is a PPG Omni epoxy primer.
I'm using a Devilbiss FLG4 with a 1.3mm tip (read a blog somewhere that said a Sherwin Williams rep told them 1.3 would be fine) and the pressure set to about 23psi with the trigger pulled per the spray gun's instructions. About 50% overlap while spraying.
My guess is that I just don't know how to properly spray a medium wet coat, which is what the JetFlex WR instructions recommend, and I haven't found any good explanations online on how to do it either. The picture below is my best guess of what a medium wet coat looks like right after spraying it. Any dryer than that and the orange peel is worse or it feels like sand paper after it dries.
![IMG_20201017_150135292_HDR.jpg IMG_20201017_150135292_HDR.jpg](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/2/2179-a55c11eb3b8757d2c53dad70f7896a75.jpg)