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how to get smooth surface
I am painting a Aluminum surface with a brush and roller,
With a brush, I get little lines from brush, with the roller, it is better,but it is still not smooth as I expected. Is there other tools that make it the paint smoother? Or should I put thinner in the paint to make it more liquid? thanks Andrew |
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do not be cheap! get the 12 dollar sprayer at the auto paint supply store.
Len "ahgu" wrote in message oups.com... I am painting a Aluminum surface with a brush and roller, With a brush, I get little lines from brush, with the roller, it is better,but it is still not smooth as I expected. Is there other tools that make it the paint smoother? Or should I put thinner in the paint to make it more liquid? thanks Andrew |
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you mean the can? paint inside the can?
I cannot find the color I find inside the can. Should I use water based latex paint. or oil based paint? Oil seems smoother. |
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when people paint the table top? I don't think they spray.
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It might help if you explain exactly what you're painting. I know you said
"table top" but go a bit further and explain in depth. -- Jeff P. "A ship carrying blue paint collided with a ship carrying red paint. The crew are believed to be marooned." Check out my woodshop at: www.sawdustcentral.com "ahgu" wrote in message ups.com... when people paint the table top? I don't think they spray. |
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"ahgu" wrote in message oups.com... I am painting a Aluminum surface with a brush and roller, With a brush, I get little lines from brush, with the roller, it is better,but it is still not smooth as I expected. Is there other tools that make it the paint smoother? Or should I put thinner in the paint to make it more liquid? thanks Andrew There is a paint additive for oil based paints called Penetrol. Should be available at the paint store. that should go a long way to level out the brush marks. Also use a good Purdy brush with natural bristle. You might also try the paint pads. -- Roger Shoaf About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. |
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It may be your technique more than your paint.
Try thinning the paint just a bit more so that if flows smoothly after its on the surface. Be sure you put enough paint on the surface so that it can flow. After you have put the paint on, lightly brush the surface at 90 degrees to the direction you applied the paint. Called "tipping off" The only way to get a purely flat surface is with a spray gun, electrostatic spray, and lots of other equipment. BTW, I've gotten fairly good results with spray paint out of a can, if you can find the color you like. The good (not the cheapo) paints seem to go on smoothly, and flatten out as they dry. Practice spraying first, there is an art to it. Walt C |
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I am talking about a one time use sprayer. small glass jar with a aerosol
sprayhead attached you can put any color you want in it. it will spray all paints with thinning. you can buy them in auto paint supply stores. the people in the stores will sell small amounts of car paint to you too. Len "ahgu" wrote in message oups.com... I am painting a Aluminum surface with a brush and roller, With a brush, I get little lines from brush, with the roller, it is better,but it is still not smooth as I expected. Is there other tools that make it the paint smoother? Or should I put thinner in the paint to make it more liquid? thanks Andrew |
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these glass jar with a air can on top is really bad, I tried and the
paint it spray out has big spots, instead of find mist. I guess the $4 will not match the pro spray gun. It says on the label it is good for your kids bike. Guess not for quality stuff. -Andrew |
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I got great results with them but you have to thin the paint
correctly.You may have got a bad one with depleted amounts of propellant. Len "ahgu" wrote in message oups.com... these glass jar with a air can on top is really bad, I tried and the paint it spray out has big spots, instead of find mist. I guess the $4 will not match the pro spray gun. It says on the label it is good for your kids bike. Guess not for quality stuff. -Andrew |
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"Dennis Johnson" wrote in message . .. In article , says... "ahgu" wrote in message oups.com... I am painting a Aluminum surface with a brush and roller, With a brush, I get little lines from brush, with the roller, it is better,but it is still not smooth as I expected. Is there other tools that make it the paint smoother? Or should I put thinner in the paint to make it more liquid? thanks Andrew There is a paint additive for oil based paints called Penetrol. Should be available at the paint store. that should go a long way to level out the brush marks. Also use a good Purdy brush with natural bristle. You might also try the paint pads. I believe you mean Floetrol. No I meant Penatrol.. Made by the same folks, but Floetrol is for latex, Penetrol is for oil based. The OP mentioned thinner so I assumed he had oil based paint. -- Roger Shoaf About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. |
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I've bought paint mixed to a specific color of my choice in spray cans
at a paint store. On 14 Jan 2005 04:50:30 -0800, "WaltC" wrote: BTW, I've gotten fairly good results with spray paint out of a can, if you can find the color you like. The good (not the cheapo) paints seem to go on smoothly, and flatten out as they dry. Practice spraying first, there is an art to it. |
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