[sdiy] paint type used for screenig pannels?

[Tom Arnold]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 09:29:22PM -0000, Julian wrote:
> I always fall down on the black used for the bodies of synths.
>
> Im going to go and try some other enamel paint tomorrow, but, certainly on
> this wasp deluxe, the black dosnt seem gloss to me, and yet the matt
enamel
> that i have here is way to matt.

Testors black matte spray.  Depending on the area that needs to be covered
and the finish I'm trying to match will depend on how much masking I do.  If
the finish has an almost texture appearence, mask and paint in multiple very
small areas.  If the matte is "too matte" then buff it just a little with
cloth to give it some shine.  When its all done, shoot all the black with
clear and it will really match.

On the subject of clear...  I think I've ranted about how much I hate poly,
but for my panels I had been using it... that is until this weekend when I
tried good'ol Delf spray lacquer.  Went on much more predictably and under
heat-lamp dries incredably fast.  

**poly rant continues**

When making the ID mark panels and using Poly, I'd expose the panel and then
shoot a coat of poly to protect it while I put it on.  When trimming and
cutting the holes I'd get little flakes of poly everywhere which was
annoying, so I started affixing the panel first and then shooting it which
means you have to be 100times more carefull.  With the lacquer, a single
coat is so thin that you dont have any problems working the material, so
you can shoot a single coat on the ID-Mark and then affix it to the panel no
problem, then I like to touch the edges with a sharpie and shoot the panel with
about 3 more coats of lacquer.  Since its gotten cold, I use a heat lamp to
warm up the workpieces before painting outside.  With poly if the workpiece
is Too warm the poly would dry with a texture on contact.  If I was carefull
I could get a real nice texture to the finish, if it was too warm or I was
tired it would wind up looking like it was actually frosted.  Too warm
doesnt seem to affect the lacquer as much.  Even spraying the panel at 3am
while half-asleep I was able to get a nice finish.

Anyhow, if you havent tried spray-lacquer, give it a shot.  I used to only
use it on Wood, now I'm going to use it on about everything that will stay
inside.

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