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29/07/2011 9:46 PM

Anyone try that new water-born alkoid (oil) paint?


I got some from Benjamin-Moore... oil paint in a water base!

It's quite thick, it says it can be sprayed... I put some in my spray gauge
which is supposed to run out in 45 seconds but it took a few hours... I don't
know if I could ever water it down enough! I just have a hand held Wagner
sprayer, not a compressor.

Doesn't seem to cover as well as the old melamine paint... I put 4 coats and
sanded it down with 320 grit screen paper and hit wood!

Any tips?


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"Mike Marlow"

in reply to [email protected] on 29/07/2011 9:46 PM

29/07/2011 11:59 PM

[email protected] wrote:
> I got some from Benjamin-Moore... oil paint in a water base!
>
> It's quite thick, it says it can be sprayed... I put some in my spray
> gauge which is supposed to run out in 45 seconds but it took a few
> hours... I don't know if I could ever water it down enough! I just
> have a hand held Wagner sprayer, not a compressor.

Oh hell - you've got to go get yourself an old Binks Model 7 - those things
will shoot concrete!

>
> Doesn't seem to cover as well as the old melamine paint... I put 4
> coats and sanded it down with 320 grit screen paper and hit wood!
>
> Any tips?

Yup - throw away your 320. Or use it for something else. Way too coarse
for sprayed finishes. You should not need to sand any more agressively than
600 and preferably 1000.

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-Mike-
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