So I'm having a hard time here - I can go the store and roll paint my DK today. Or, I can wait and secure a paint booth at work - hassle my boss into letting me borrow his equipment...Waiting for the booth could take me a month.
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Depends on what's more important to you. Do you want it done NOW, or do you want it done perfectly? Rolling is a lost artform. You need the right roller, paint, technique and a little penetrol/floetrol. Spraying gives you a smooth finish easily. Rolling gives you a nearly smooth finish with a lot of work. It can also give you an annoying orange peel finish if you don't know what you're doing. I have always rolled my cabs, and some have turned out very nice, some have turned out OK. On the very nice ones, it took a lot of screwing around to get it right. On the so-so ones, I applied too many coats, used too much primer, or didn't use a low enough grit of sandpaper after the primer. On my nearly perfect ones, I didn't use any primer. On my ninty cabs that I did use primer, I got a slight orange peel. If I had access to a spray booth and spraying equipment, I'd spray. If that wasn't an option, I'd roll.
A nice finish on a Ninty cab requires:
-white foam roller
-no primer
-oil-based Sherwin Williams grade paint
-penetrol leveling agent
-sand 220 between coats.
-turtle wax and buffer to finish
This Old Game sells vinyl?
This Old Game sells vinyl?
That looks great! Since I don't have a sprayer,it would either be rolled on or vinyl.I figured as long as you got the cab sides smooth,the vinyl would look great and presumably take less time.Something I will definitely have to ponder over before I start my own DK restore.
If you use vinyl then you still need to paint the cab as the vinyl is somewhat translucent. The cab also needs to be perfect because the vinyl shows any imperfections under it.
I made a makeshift paint booth in our open patio and spray my cabs and Sci Fi models in it.
I just hung plastic all around and on the floor.
You just need to use a good mask since there is no ventilation.
Ah,good to know! Now to search the forum for a thread with the red DK paint codes.I know they're on here somewhere.....I think.
This Old Game sells vinyl?
White primer, wet sanded slick. Olympic Premium semi-gloss latex, sprayed. Approximately 85% paint, 10% water, 5% Floetrol.
Hello and welcome to the forum. Yes, TOG sells vinyl. Check out this cab that was done using the TOG Red vinyl. It's exceptionally well done. If you have questions, you should contact the builder of this fine example.
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