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  • Member since
    February 2003
Rough finish with future
Posted by JCB3 on Monday, March 15, 2004 8:10 PM
I have sprayed my model with flat paints,when I spray Future floor wax before the decals go on i'm getting a rough finish, First I dust on a couple of light coats then 2 heavy coats. I tried spraying a little heavyer coats but I get runs with the Future. What pressure should I be spraying at. Thanks John
  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Monday, March 15, 2004 8:33 PM
Here is a link to a good "How To" on Swwanny's web site. I think it's the same as the FAQ in the "Techniques" forum, but it has a lot of good info.

I have similar problems with Future, and think I have decided that it just doesn't like to be sprayed over flat finishes. Maybe someone can shed more light on that, but the one time I got a nice gloss out of it I had steel wooled the flat surface so that it was pretty smooth.

Temperature is another contributing factor, I think. I had rougher finishes when it was real cold in my basement. Now that it's warming up the Future is flowing better and I think the temp was part of it. Not just the temperature of the Future, since that's easy to warm up, but the temperature of the compressor air blowing it.

FYI, I spray at about 15 psi from about 4-6" from the surface.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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