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black88coupe
I finally Epoxy'd my floorpan and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Since I'm a complete rookie, I spoke with Barry and he advised to set my HF HVLP gun with the pattern at 90% with 26-28psi- at the gun. I held the gun about 6" off the pan while spraying. I did that and the finish is almost completely smooth with very light orange peel or texture (cottage cheese thighs). It feels pretty smooth but you can see a little something if you play with the angle of the light. Anyways, I used approx. 20oz of sprayable material to cover one side of the pan. The pan measures about 48" X 48". The epoxy covered great with no runs and dried quick (In the 70's/ sunny in my backyard) but I'm wondering if it was a tad too thick. I tested my pattern on a piece of masking paper and it looked good- but maybe a bit heavy overall (1.4 tip). It pretty much covered my bare sandblasted pan in one coat. I'm just wondering if I could have backed down on the fluid adjustment a bit to conserve some paint or kicked up my speed a bit. I've never sprayed epoxy before so I just don't really know the coverage characteristics of the material I sprayed. I once heard Kevin Tetz say that he figures about 7oz. of sprayable material per each panel- I dunno what panel size he bases this off of. Thanks guys. Mitch.
