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theRuler:

--- Quote from: mivvi on February 03, 2006, 12:29 PM ---adeshere, did you use rattle cans or a proper spray gun? Also, did you have to cut back any layers or t-cut etc. Whenever I spray items, they come out quite good but the slightest knock and the paint is off. Never seems to have a hard surface to the paint when I do it? They have come out mint mate, good work fella.

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heat is the key

get the paint warm
leave the rattle cans on a radiator for an hour before using

also make sure the thing you are painting is warm too - airing cupboard job

if you can get the painted item back in the airing cupboard after, all the better. leave it a few days to harden (a week is best if possible)

or make a cardboard box that backs onto a radiator, sealing the heat onto the item (after painting)

Holmetech:
Put your spray cans in a pan of boiling water and leave for 10mins.Warm the item that your spraying with a hairdryer while your waiting for the cans to warm up.Give the item 3 or 4 coats using hairdryer inbetween coats and for a few mins after you've finished spraying.If you get any bits in the paint,you can de-nib it with 2000's wet or dry then polish by hand with a cutting compound.Job done.

theRuler:
a kettle of boiled water is good way to heat your rattlers too

heat is good . . .

mivvi:
So its better to spray items in the summer really, unless I do them in the lounge! :D I think I will have a go at the radiator box idea, I didn't know that leaving the item for a few days/a week hardens it even more, cool. Like I said, im not bad at spraying and usually get a great finish but find I can easily dig my nail into the paint once it has been drying for a few days. Thanks for the info lads!

adeshere:
You right, you not supposed to spray when its cold as it wont harden properly. I had my fan heater on whilst spraying to keep it warm.

Not tried warming the spray cans thou, but i did leave tehm indoors to make sure they were as toasty as my house

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