[DeTomaso] Auto Painting

John Taphorn jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Tue Jan 18 08:29:49 EST 2011


Bill

Thanks for the heads up on the reducer.  We recognized that adding reducer 
as a potential solution , but since we followed directions to the tee, felt 
we may be compensating for another error.  That makes good sense.

Three votes for the SATA

Thanks
JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill gaino" <gaino at earthlink.net>
To: "John Taphorn" <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Auto Painting


> JT, I paint cars everyday for my living. I use a Sata nr 3000 1.3 tip for 
> silver and light metallic bases. I have a Sata rp 1.4 for my clear. Sata 
> is a good unit as is the Iwata. You can do both base and clear with a 1.4 
> tip. I used a Sata jet 90 alone for years, both base, and clear with the 
> 1.4 tip. LISTEN to this story... I mixed and sprayed Dupont Centari 
> according to the mix instructions on the can. When I achieved a lot of 
> orange peel, I called in the Dupount tech. He told me that the mixing 
> ratio's were to keep the VOC down in the state of Ca. He reccomended that 
> I use 50% more reducer. Problem solved. It is hard to paint in the 
> confines of the engine bay anyway. Try thinning the product a bit more. 
> There are viscosoty test devices also, but I just look at the way the 
> paint flows of the mixing stick.  Bill 1362
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
>>Sent: Jan 17, 2011 8:17 PM
>>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] Auto Painting
>>
>>Several of us have been detailing Rob Pink's Pantera's rear engine bay. 
>>It's been a long project; however, with several of us sanding and doing 
>>metal work, we have had a fun time tackling it.  We sprayed PPG Concept 
>>Acrylic Urethane on our nicely sanded Primer Filler 2K on Saturday and 
>>ended up with lots of orange peel.  I suspect a combination of temps 
>>slightly below the limits of the reducer, a Chinese HVLP knock off and any 
>>other number of elements which can influence such things contributed.
>>
>>Anyway, we have got more sanding ahead of us and will endeavor to respray 
>>another top coat when the weather is warmer.  However, we have more paint 
>>projects on the horizon and would like to acquire a better HVLP gun. 
>>Preferably suited for base and clear coats.  The idea of one gun for both 
>>and a change of tips is fine.  We'd probably continue with the Chinese 
>>knock-offs for primer filler.
>>
>>Anyone with real experience in these matters that has preference?
>>
>>We are considering the SATAjet 3000 B, Iwata LPH 400LV, or DeVilbiss 
>>GFG-670
>>
>>JT
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