Any Spray paint tips

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Hi folks

I am very new to spray painting. I have a good gun Anest iwata. When I spray I cant get a good finish of the gun. I wind the liquid needle out but never seem to get a good quantity of paint to give it that nice wet look.

I am doing something wrong. Any tips you can give me Spray painters.
 
Paint mixed properly ?Clean air ?right PSI, air temp/humidity?
 
moparspares said:
Hi folks

I am very new to spray painting. I have a good gun Anest iwata. When I spray I cant get a good finish of the gun. I wind the liquid needle out but never seem to get a good quantity of paint to give it that nice wet look.

I am doing something wrong. Any tips you can give me Spray painters.
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You spent good money , on a nice gun. Learn to use it,. Fide a stable air flow, for where you are spraying,learn to use he damn gun. Find a dented fender door, trash cans... Paint done correctly is a learning curve. My advice: find cheap paint , spray some unloved panels.
 
Lets get to basics, witch Iwata model do you have ? Have you shot paint through a paint gun before?
 
Anest Iwata LPH400

I was spraying Acrylic lacquer on a hood. Now the job I did isn't completely crap and with a buff will come up OK.

I would just like to able to spray that nice clear wet look straight from the gun. I had the paint mixed 1 part paint to 1 1/2 thinners as per the tin. I had the fan open spraying around 3 inches wide. I had about 30PSI at the guage on the gun. I thought maybe the paint was to thick or to much or little pressure.
 
What size nozzle do you have? Had a problem with clear coat and needed a larger orifice.
 
halifaxhops said:
What size nozzle do you have? Had a problem with clear coat and needed a larger orifice.
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for those of you who know:
for him and me both, enlighten us on paint gun tip size for diff. paints ! thanks, bob
 
"lacquer" is a big part of your problem.
It's "wet look" finish comes from all the clear on top of it.
 
I painted my dart last year base coat/clear coat. The bas came out great but the clear was almost all orange peel. My buddy (who I should of had spray the paint, 40 yrs a bodyman) came over to look at it and told me that the clear needed a larger tip to get more product on the car. I am still sanding and buffing.
 
also depends on the temperature where you are spraying. As a general rule, lacquer does not lay down wet, you need to cut and buff it. Also, there are different thinners to use depending on the temperature (some evaporate faster than others). As was said, practice on an old panel... I would try thinning it down just a bit more and see how it sprays...
 
All of the above. That being said, keep in mind that lacquer is not very chemical resistant or very durable(crazing and checking), and requires lots of maintenance. Very labor intensive way to paint a car. Modern base coats are made to accept clear coats and less prone to delamination. If you want that wet look finish ,step up to a product than can produce that.

There used to be a product called retarder available for lacquer that really slows down the dry time and will help with humidity/blushing' Haven't used lacquer in years but I remember most reducing 1 part paint to 2 parts thinner.

Ask a local paint jobber if they have any mis-mixed paint sitting around you could have to play with. Sometimes one will be happy to give it away to avoid disposal fees.
 
Lph400lv silver cap? 1.4 tip. Read here
[ame]http://anestiwata.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LPH400-LV2.pdf[/ame]

And here is a good forum to browse thru.
http://www.asetusa.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=f96ca1319bdf4181a0593efc3e401af7

Im NO EXPERT but have learned a lot reading and practicing. This info has gotten me doing pretty decent.

My gun will spray a fan at least 11" wide. Are you sure the gun is clean?
 
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