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Re: Paint and stencils
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:12 am
by jnissen
Sanded down and will respray with a fresh coat of paint this weekend. The hood and tub had different sheens due to.my inability to follow Gillespie’s paint instructions! It should all match this weekend.
That leads to a question when painting the stars and other markings. Are most of you using a stencil and spray or a stencil brush?
Also I’m assuming white flat enamel will be the best paint. Last thing I need is for the stencil paint to react and craze the base coat! Suggestions are appreciated
Updated pics
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:53 pm
by jnissen
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:26 am
by mdainsd
A real beauty! Good work.
The sheen with Gillespie can be puzzling at first. What I worked out is always reduce with a ratio cup, so it is always the same. Paint in the shade, never in direct sunlight. And finally try to paint on days with the same temp (roughly).
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:47 am
by jnissen
All good advice. Yeah I learned the hard way to use a consistent mix of paint to reducer. Settled on 5:1 ratio (paint to Xylene) that was good for spraying and reduced the chances for runs.
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:24 pm
by mdainsd
I use 5:4 paint to xylene, but I also use HVLP guns.
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:26 pm
by jnissen
The guy who sold me the paint recommended the 5:1 ratio. I was using a 2:1 ratio at one time and while it worked it also was fairly thin and I got more runs. Had one batch that was almost gloss like and stopped at that point to determine where I went wrong. Went the the 5:1 and I get a good semi gloss sheen and more important the spray through my 3M Accuspray (orange 1.4mm nozzle) was working well.
BTW - The PPS cup system that 3M has is hard to beat. I have small and large cups and this is so easy to clean up. I'll never go back to the old spray guns.
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:55 pm
by jnissen
Latest pics with the new WeeBee Webbing on top. Still need to wet the canvas to shrink it a bit but it's on. Side curtains still TBD waiting on parts.
BTW - At 6'2" I was afraid my head would rub on the top. I still have about 1.5" of room. I guess the Army left a bit of room for helmets!
