"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Sean Delere wrote:

I want to have a go at spray painting some small MDF necklace stands in
a
gloss black colour.

I have a compressor and a spray gun that came as part of the air nailer
package and as I have never used it I want to give it a try.

What kind out paint do I need to buy? Can I use ordinary household black
gloss thinned down with something or do I need something of a more
specialist nature.

Thanks for any pointers

Sean


I would denititely start with a decent acrylic wood primer - water based.

But for top coat I wuld take it to a car body shop.

Or get some car spray paints. You need to test to ensure teh primer and
other coats don't react tho.

The very best result ever I have seen were on twop pack car paints -
even if they dribble, they set to rock hardness and you can rub down and
polish out teh odd drip.

They are VERY nasty to spray without mask and booth tho.

I used solvent based car paint from my local car parts dealer.. easy to work
with and produced great results after a few practice runs that is... it also
has the added benefit that it rubs down well and polishes up well.
I used standard car primer and standard car paint.. you won't get two pack
paint without a licence as it can kill.
Steve
www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk