LettersFromFlyoverCountry
Well Known Member
We had a forum in St. Paul recently ( we being the Minnesota Wing of Van's Airforce...or RVOPA,..or... something) and one of the speakers was on the subject of painting. In fact, wrote up a synopsis (http://www.visi.com/~bcollins/rv/).
Anyway, I thought it was just me who had trouble with HVLP. I'm using it for priming using the SW wash primer and I'm just not happy with the blotches etc.
Our speaker suggested that even professional auto body painters need a LOT of practice to get comfortable with HVLP and even then, he thinks the HVLP is much more motivated by environmental interests than quality painters.
Now the fuselage kit is due to arrive and I'll have to get down to actually painting the interior at some point. I'm curious how many of you use HVLP, how many of you use regular pressure sprayers, and how many use rattle cans. And what tips do you have?
I did like Joe Schumacher's technique on "From the Ground Up" with the splatter approach but I'm not sure how he accomplished it. OTOH, the way I paint with the HVLP, I suppose the answer, "just do what you've been doing."
Bob
St. Paul
Anyway, I thought it was just me who had trouble with HVLP. I'm using it for priming using the SW wash primer and I'm just not happy with the blotches etc.
Our speaker suggested that even professional auto body painters need a LOT of practice to get comfortable with HVLP and even then, he thinks the HVLP is much more motivated by environmental interests than quality painters.
Now the fuselage kit is due to arrive and I'll have to get down to actually painting the interior at some point. I'm curious how many of you use HVLP, how many of you use regular pressure sprayers, and how many use rattle cans. And what tips do you have?
I did like Joe Schumacher's technique on "From the Ground Up" with the splatter approach but I'm not sure how he accomplished it. OTOH, the way I paint with the HVLP, I suppose the answer, "just do what you've been doing."
Bob
St. Paul