Disclosure: I'm a NOOB and this is my first post. Anyway, has anyone sprayed Interlux Brightsides? I've got a brace of HVLP gravity feed guns and an appropriate compresser. What I'm unclear about is spray tip sizing and thining. After corresponding with Interlux I'm thinking I just may have made a mistake thinking that I could shoot it...
FWIW, I am not painting the decks but rather, the fiberglass headiner in my old C&C.
Thanks.
Dave
Spraying Interlux Brightside?
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CharlieJ
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I've sprayed Brightsides on 5 or 6 boats. I feel you get much better coverage using a spray than rolling or brushing, plus I have less problems with sags and drips. Of course I must mention I've been using a spray gun for quite a few years.
Couple of tips- Spray LIGHT coats.
Using the spraying reducer they sell (#316 I THINK) DO NOT wipe down a previous coat with a rag dampened with it to get rid of dust- the spraying reducer WILL wrinkle previous coats, even with a barely dampened rag. Use Mineral Spirits instead.
I spray with a Binks 69 or a Binks 62 (both suction guns), standard tips, 45- 50 pounds pressure. Thin and adjust pressure so the product will JUST atomize nicely. Usually doesn't take a whole lot of reducer. But of course that depends on temps and humidity- experiment on a piece of something else to get the spray just right. A sheet of window glass will show you how it'll look quite nicely and then you can scrape it off and reuse.
Couple of tips- Spray LIGHT coats.
Using the spraying reducer they sell (#316 I THINK) DO NOT wipe down a previous coat with a rag dampened with it to get rid of dust- the spraying reducer WILL wrinkle previous coats, even with a barely dampened rag. Use Mineral Spirits instead.
I spray with a Binks 69 or a Binks 62 (both suction guns), standard tips, 45- 50 pounds pressure. Thin and adjust pressure so the product will JUST atomize nicely. Usually doesn't take a whole lot of reducer. But of course that depends on temps and humidity- experiment on a piece of something else to get the spray just right. A sheet of window glass will show you how it'll look quite nicely and then you can scrape it off and reuse.
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Ronin120
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CharlieJ,
That was exactly the information that I was looking for. It's greatly appreciated. All I've ever sprayed was Baltoplate on my boat bottoms which wasn't very difficult or precise.
The reason I'm spraying is that I saw, via the internets, that someone had done the interior of a boat brushing it on. As soon as I did that I knew that I had made a grave error.
And I appreciate the lagniappe as regards practicing and testing on a pane of glass. I've been looking for a piece of old fiberglass hull or like in some of the boat graveyards in my area to test with but glass, great idea.
Best,
Dave
That was exactly the information that I was looking for. It's greatly appreciated. All I've ever sprayed was Baltoplate on my boat bottoms which wasn't very difficult or precise.
The reason I'm spraying is that I saw, via the internets, that someone had done the interior of a boat brushing it on. As soon as I did that I knew that I had made a grave error.
And I appreciate the lagniappe as regards practicing and testing on a pane of glass. I've been looking for a piece of old fiberglass hull or like in some of the boat graveyards in my area to test with but glass, great idea.
Best,
Dave