joeycuda
Well-known member
Here's an idea.. What's the best idea/advice/technique you've picked up on this forum?
Some, like myself, have been collecting for 10+ years, yet there's still a LOT to learn.
I hadn't needed to repaint many large areas with satin black, mostly brackets, coin doors, etc and always had good experience with rattle cans. I'd read where several, incl prok, swore by using Rust-oleum satin black, sprayed through a gun.
I had replaced my Robotron front with new MDF, then applied several coats of Zinsser sealer to soak in, sanded, primered, sanded, then used rattle can Valspar satin black. I didn't like how it turned out, as it looked uneven.
I block sanded that finish with 320 grit, to knock it down flat, then scuffed with 3M grey pad, then wiped with naptha to clean. I sprayed from a cheap siphon feed HVLP gun - the satin black, bought in a quart can, 85% paint, 15% acetone to thin, as recommended on the can.
The result were pretty amazing. Not only does the sheen look great and it's slick as a car finish, but it's perfectly even. Since I had more paint in the gun, I went ahead and repainted the new plywood backdoor I made, the remaining black areas on cabinet, and the 2 coin doors.
Though cleaning the gun is some trouble, and there's the set up time, I'll probably use this method to paint coin doors and larger in the future. It also seems that doing it that way is cheaper, in materials, than buying rattle cans.
Some, like myself, have been collecting for 10+ years, yet there's still a LOT to learn.
I hadn't needed to repaint many large areas with satin black, mostly brackets, coin doors, etc and always had good experience with rattle cans. I'd read where several, incl prok, swore by using Rust-oleum satin black, sprayed through a gun.
I had replaced my Robotron front with new MDF, then applied several coats of Zinsser sealer to soak in, sanded, primered, sanded, then used rattle can Valspar satin black. I didn't like how it turned out, as it looked uneven.
I block sanded that finish with 320 grit, to knock it down flat, then scuffed with 3M grey pad, then wiped with naptha to clean. I sprayed from a cheap siphon feed HVLP gun - the satin black, bought in a quart can, 85% paint, 15% acetone to thin, as recommended on the can.
The result were pretty amazing. Not only does the sheen look great and it's slick as a car finish, but it's perfectly even. Since I had more paint in the gun, I went ahead and repainted the new plywood backdoor I made, the remaining black areas on cabinet, and the 2 coin doors.
Though cleaning the gun is some trouble, and there's the set up time, I'll probably use this method to paint coin doors and larger in the future. It also seems that doing it that way is cheaper, in materials, than buying rattle cans.