Technical Tips for the Vintage Paint Poly-Urethane Chassis Black
Safety
Please follow all safety habits required for safely spraying paint, including, but not limited to.
Wear Charcoal respirator designed for paint spray.
Adequate ventilation
No sparks or open flames
Safely dispose of any waste product as required by local laws.
The following mixing ratio is for all of the fattened Blacks, but does not apply to High Gloss
Mix ratio is 10 parts paint, 1 part hardener. In 32 ounces of paint you will mix 3.2 ounces of hardener. The kit comes with a 4 ounce bottle of hardener, but you will loose some that sticks to the side. Roughly the bottle will be mixed with the paint.
A kit will also include 1/2 ounce of accelerator. This product dries fairly slow without the accelerator, so I recommend using it. The 1/2 ounce is the proper amount for the quart of paint with hardener.
If you need to further reduce the paint, a slow urethane grade reducer should work.
High Gloss paint is 5 parts paint, 1 part hardener. Same accelerator.
The gun will determine the air pressure needed. Your gun should state it's recommended air pressure. For better atomization, I would stay on the high side of the air pressure recommendation.
I recommend a 1.3 or a 1.4 tip size. This should be on the fluid nozzle or the air cap of the paint gun.
Medium light coats with large overlap techniques will give you a more uniform finish and the desired gloss level. (overlapping more means moving the gun less from pass to pass, less overlap would mean you move the gun more from pass to pass)
Heavy coats will increase gloss level
Excessively heavy coats can possibly cause a blotchy appearance.
2 medium coats should give you coverage.
Paint will appear full gloss until dry. This can take 48 hours to reach it's final gloss level.
I have included a fine mesh strainer, please use this to strain this paint. If you have a shaker, shake the paint prior to mixing.
If you can warm the item after painting, this will help cure the paint faster. A halogen light can be used as a poor man's bake oven as they throw off a lot of heat!
All paint will spray best a 70 degrees or warmer. If you cannot keep your paint area that warm, you can warm the paint slightly so that it is 70-85 degrees. I would not recommend spraying at temperatures below 65 degrees with any catalyzed product unless it is designed for cooler temperatures.