Finishing question

LGSM3 said:
i'm bettin Brent has finish on the ceiling and the opposing wall where he sprays. Probably a shadow of Brent on the wall where the finish landed on him instead of the wall.
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And crusty eyebrows! Lol.

Joe
 
EightballJunkie said:
Up until recently I'd sprayed my cues vertically, but then decided to build a horizontal spray rig. In short, it's powered by a 300 RPM gear-reduction motor and 6:1 pulleys for a final speed of 50 RPMs. I've sprayed a few test pieces, and when I lay down heavier coats, I'm getting overlap patterns that spiral down the piece.

Trying hard to figure this out through trial & error, but I'll probably go through a lot of clear before getting it right. Should I slow down while taking the gun across the cue. Speed up the RPMs? Perhaps a wider the spray fan? More reducer? All the above?
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Which way is the fan of the spray gun, across or with the cue? It should be with the cue as the spray starts out thin and gets thicker as you get to the middle and then thins out again so as you go with the cue the finish starts going on and then files in and the tapers off not leaving lines. Also you could either spray slower and not as heavy or speed up the cue to about 120 rpm. I do several light to medium coats and stop the cue and touch up the spots that give me trouble, fish eyes, cracks and anything else that does not fill in. I don't completely fill in these places but do it in several coats and then let flash for 10 minutes between coats.

After everything has filled in and it is smooth I put on a good medium coat or two and that's it. If you do spray too much and it might run leave it in the lathe and let lathe run until flash if you can. I have a couple of lathes that I can use for this purpose just in case.

Hope this helps.
 
I think it's great to read all the different methods that people are using. I find it very interesting=)
 
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