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I sprayed the Scirocco yesterday.......but the bloody paint cans were faulty The first can I tried using had no pressure in it, the second one was fine to begin with then the pressure in that one died before the can was empty, and the third can sprayed in lumps! Am not a happy chappie......it's all going to have to be rubbed right back and sprayed again! .....from a distance it does look very good though. Does anyone know if you can use hammerite from a can via a spray gun?
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like.
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Mike
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Hammerite might be a bit too thick, would you have to up the amount of thinners used? could you even use thinners with it? Dammit i've confused myself now...
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Rocco & sprayingBenzBoy
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Bad luck mate. You can use Hammerite in a spray-gun but you'll have to thin it - should tell you how to do it on the tin. Isn't it a bit cold to be spraying paint?! I just get a nasty white bloom on the finish in these temperatures
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Bad luck mate. You can use Hammerite in a spray-gun but you'll have to thin it - should tell you how to do it on the tin. Isn't it a bit cold to be spraying paint?! I just get a nasty white bloom on the finish in these temperatures The advantages of a heated garage
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like.
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Nathan
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Rocco & sprayingNathan
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I Sprayed Hammerite yesterday on the nova, was fine, I did a 60 - 40 mixture and the gun sprayed it on perfect
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Mr K
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where you using hammerite in a can before? that stuff sucks! the silver is dreadful, halfords satin black = the only reason to go to halfrauds!
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dp
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irocco in da house: The advantages of a heated garage
Still this time of the year is cold and damp and rattle cans are real hard to deal with then, a tip is to put them in some hot water, NOT boiling but verry warm and leave them for a while that way the paint will flow through the small nozzle easier. I always do this even if I paint during the warm days of the year and it works wonders even on cheapo rattle cans....
DP sasy: Done right a rattle can paintjob can look real decent.....
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another vote for warming the cans.
Also the "heated garage" thing - fine but don't forget to leave the heating on while it cures. A mate of mine did that, sprayed in a heated garage, left it, came back in the morning and it was bloom city as the heating had gone off at like 9 pm.
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gutted for you fella Maybe you could leave the bits you have done and come up with some kind of crazy 3-D paint concept type thingy? Hope you manage to restrain yourself from ramming said faulty cans where the sun doesn't shine when you take them back to the shop
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Rocco & sprayingDeleted
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Third one for warming the cans up. Thins the paint and whacks the pressure up quite a bit
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