Common Painting Mishaps
Mottling
2. Straight passes. You should break up what you are spraying into imaginary straight lines. Follow those lines when making passes. Do not follow body lines or curves.
3. Gun distance. Keep your gun distance the same at all times and keep the gun parallel to the surface at all times. Most modern guns like 4-6 inches.
4. Medium coats. Ideally you want to shoot medium coats. Not wet and not dry. But if you are using a quality slow reducer light coats don't hurt anything. Tricky metallics shoot easier with light coats. I'll often shoot light and do 4-6 coats, solid colors no reason for that but on tricky metallics light coats help. There is a difference between light and dry though. Dry is usually the result of holding the gun too far away.
5. One of the biggest causes of issues when spraying base is using too fast of a reducer and not using a quality reducer. Too fast and the metallic does not have enough time to orient itself correctly before flashing off and you get issues with mottling, clumping, striping. When you use too fast of a reducer you will also notice roughness and dry over spray on the panels. Using a quality slow or very slow reducer can help solve these issues. Using a low grade reducer will cause these types of issues as well.
Zebra Striping?
What is it? Tiger stripes are caused by poor overlapping or spraying at an uneven angle.
Blushing
What is it?
Alligator/Cracking
What is it?
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NO! Our reducers are not just urethane grade, but catalyst grade. We have less than 150 ppm of water in our system. Tamco is a true acrylic system and water is the enemy in our paints. Our reducers are cost effective and guaranteed to work in our products.
2.0 - 2.5 for DTM, and at least 2.5 for 770 series epoxy.
1.2, 1.3, 1.4 tip for clear. Generally the higher the solids, the smaller the tip size. It helps break up the coating better.
Company
Tamco is owned by Tammy and Bob Barney.
Tamco Paints has been in business since 1989.
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