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What's the best way to spray glosses without getting the peel? I use a thinning ratio of 3 paint to 2 thinner and 15 psi and spray 1-1/2 inches from the surface.
I go a little thinner (I use MM enamel). I start 1:1, and for a good gloss go even thinner- like 2:3. Pressure and distance look right. Gloss coats have to go on wetter than flats, so make sure you have a light on your bench that you can see the reflection of, and spray until you see a good mirror reflection of the light. Do you sand out your primer? I find it hard to get a good gloss without primer- the thinner mixture does not go on evenly over bare plastic. And I always have to sand out the primer for a good gloss.
I use two sessions. I put down a couple of coats during one spraying session, then let it dry thoroughly. I then sand out any roughness of that finish and then apply a really wet final coat.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Ahhh, the bane of model car builders everywhere! It's still kind of a hit or miss with me, that's why I use a polishing kit to smooth it out most of the time.
You want Mr. Leveling Thinner. If you can you also want to go with Gunze Mr. Color or Tamiya acrylics. Seriously I haven't tried to get a glass smooth finish intentionally but I put some Mr. Leveling Thinner in some gloss black for a base coat and sprayed it down. When it dried it was so smooth I got a little curious and used some polishing compound and polished it off to a glass like automotive finish.
MLT is a lacquer thinner with a retarder in it. You can use it on lacquers, enamels, and Tamiya and Aqueous acrylics. It helps with what Don was talking about with the paint needing to go down wet. I'm seriously contemplating a car build after the results I got spraying gloss colors with it.
Spray distance of 1.5 inch is too short. Spray 3-4 inches from the surface.
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Chrisk-k Spray distance of 1.5 inch is too short. Spray 3-4 inches from the surface.
That just depends on pressure and viscosity. I never spray at 3-4 inches and when post shading I'm just a couple of hairs from the surface...
dflu78 Chrisk-k Spray distance of 1.5 inch is too short. Spray 3-4 inches from the surface. That just depends on pressure and viscosity. I never spray at 3-4 inches and when post shading I'm just a couple of hairs from the surface...
Sure, but I know 1.5 inch w/ 15 psi wouldn't work for me when applying a base coat. I believe the OP is asking about orange peels when spraying a base coat.
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