I built a little paint booth in my garage out of a large qty of plastic sheeting taped to the ceiling. Started painting using a compressor and an air gun.

My particular paint - rust bullet - requires two coats.

In your opinions: Is it ok to paint two complete coats on just the part of it I can reach, wait for it to dry and then flip it and paint two full coats on the other side? Or should I do one coat over everything, then another fullcoat over everything.

This is a very nasty job! I started out with just a simple mask, but quickly abandoned that after the fumes drove me out. Now I am using a complete body suit, mask and full respirator. I can see it taking several days...


Painting Frame 1

Looks FANTASTIC! Wow!!!

Since you brought up Rust Bullet on an earlier thread, I've been planning on using it, only with a (yellow) topcoat. Now I don't know; it looks very sharp as is!

You should be OK with painting two coats and then turning, I think, as there's no surface prep, right? What I mean is, you needn't be concerned with boogering up your finish coat with solvents, grit, etc.

Nice job!

Pete

Ask the manufacturer if there is a 'critical recoat time', if you put down one coat with some types of paint, it skins, a second coat will sit ontop of the skin and start to cure. The hidden skin on the first coat prevents the first coat from curing, and you get a soft foundation to the paint, it 'ladders' really easily, and leaves thumbnail marks. Typically this applied to humidity accellerated curing paints, like synthetic, the dreaded hammerite (remember the 'don't recoat for 3 months' warning on the tin).

At least two but not more than 72 hours after the first coat of Rust Bullet® is applied; a second coat of Rust Bullet® must be applied to completely seal the first coat. This cannot be done with any other paint or coating material; although, after the second coat of Rust Bullet® is applied, it may be topcoated, after 24 hours, with any paint if a different color is needed or desired

hmmm, so any ideas where you can get this stuff from in the UK?

and can you paint it or do you have to spray it?


p.s. you missed a bit! )

Just been in touch with USA to see if UK agent - awaiting response.
I've used POR15 and this stuff is apparently better-must be the dogs danglers then!