Spraying small areas

[TROOPER88]

Hi
As some of you will know as I have asked for lots of assistance in the past!! I have taught myself to spray and sprayed a shell.

I am now very pleased with the finish in general although there are a few areas where I have been to heavy when wet sanding!!

Along the high point ridge on the boot lid and along one rear quater under good light you can see through the paint!

I have prepped all areas and masked up and I purchased a cheap small spray gun.

My question is to make a good job of spraying small areas and making it blend in:

Do I need to reduce the pressure on the compressor or make any other adjustments to my equipment??

Any advice regarding this would be much appreciated; I guess it is like a few 'smart' repairs that I am attempting!

Cheers Paul

[snuffle]

Sand area with 2000ish
start off with fan as small as possible and pressure also low as possible
practice on a test area just enough pressure to get full atomising of paint, ie no splatter.
dont worry about the hard blow edge just yet
apply as little paint as possible each time and with each application increase the area painted.

As you obtain full coverage then start to thin the paint more, this will increase the risk of a sag so slowly is still best.

You can keep thinning the paint as much as you want, the blow edge should dissolve in.

As with everything paint it's all trial and error and different people have different approaches to it.

Good luck, If you still have my number then shout if you want.

[snuffle]

Off topic, how did you get on solving your colour match problems?

[TROOPER88]

snuffle said:

Off topic, how did you get on solving your colour match problems?

Repainted both doors!!:



Perfect match now.

Thanks for the tips above; I will let you know how I get on tomorrow!

Cheers