Hi everyone,
I have been spraying quite a bit more lately and I have developed some questions (hence all the threads). I've gone through the gun setting according to Barry and searched to see what everyone is setting their guns to, but I would like to know some other things if anyone could help.
1. What does air pressure do? I've noticed when it's too low it sprays like you are texturing drywall, so I'm assuming it atomizes, but what happens and how can you tell if it's too high?
2. The fluid control obviously controls the amount of fluid, and therefore the orange peel. Once again, it seems that when it's too low it's a texture gun but more of a dry spray than clumps. What I'm having trouble with is how do you know when to stop adding fluid? If I have some orange peel, have I gone too far with the fluid? Or am I spraying too slow? Or a combination of the two...
3. Is it possible to spray epoxy like glass, or is it just naturally a little peely? I know it doesn't have to be, but I spray it often so it's something easy for me to practice with and if I mess up it gets sanded anyways.
I have had the oddest issue on a hood, one half came out very well, then the other side was too dry. Sprayed from one edge to the other, not sure what happened... maybe I held my gun farther away when I switched sides at the middle. I also seem to have the smoothest paint on the edges, great mirror but the rest of the panel isn't as clear .
I know I'm long winded, but it's just my nature to be thorough.
I have been spraying quite a bit more lately and I have developed some questions (hence all the threads). I've gone through the gun setting according to Barry and searched to see what everyone is setting their guns to, but I would like to know some other things if anyone could help.
1. What does air pressure do? I've noticed when it's too low it sprays like you are texturing drywall, so I'm assuming it atomizes, but what happens and how can you tell if it's too high?
2. The fluid control obviously controls the amount of fluid, and therefore the orange peel. Once again, it seems that when it's too low it's a texture gun but more of a dry spray than clumps. What I'm having trouble with is how do you know when to stop adding fluid? If I have some orange peel, have I gone too far with the fluid? Or am I spraying too slow? Or a combination of the two...
3. Is it possible to spray epoxy like glass, or is it just naturally a little peely? I know it doesn't have to be, but I spray it often so it's something easy for me to practice with and if I mess up it gets sanded anyways.
I have had the oddest issue on a hood, one half came out very well, then the other side was too dry. Sprayed from one edge to the other, not sure what happened... maybe I held my gun farther away when I switched sides at the middle. I also seem to have the smoothest paint on the edges, great mirror but the rest of the panel isn't as clear .
I know I'm long winded, but it's just my nature to be thorough.