25-01-2020, 07:52 PM
Another idea is to use a small gloss roller. It's quicker than a brush on panels and can give good gloss very similar to spraying. You use oil paint, maybe coach enamel, and have both a roller and a brush to hand, use one, then the other to get around the car.
I have sprayed many cars with cellulose and often found it difficult to get a good gloss. I've also sprayed oil based coach enamel. This is easier, and easy to get a gloss, but has disadvantages. Overspray stays wet in the air and can damage a car or too nearby. The overspray from cellulose is dry before it lands, so it just dust and doesn't stick. Also coach enamel is not as tough and can go dull after maybe ten years.
I've also sprayed 2 pack. Reading the data sheets it seems no more dangerous than celly so I've used 2 pack without an air fed mask. It seems to need a different technique but gives a super, wet gloss, sort of shine quite easily. It can also lead to 'runs' easily. And it can have a 'dry' looking gloss here and there where you didn't get enough paint on. Overspray from 2 pack is dreadful, producing an invisible sticky layer on anything nearby- House window sills, nearby car windscreens etc.
And 2 pack takes hours to dry, so you need a decent temperature for longer, and dust, flies etc do land on it.
I've not tried today's modern water based paint, but friends in the trade say it is like 2 pack, but very expensive and a bit harder to use.
I have sprayed many cars with cellulose and often found it difficult to get a good gloss. I've also sprayed oil based coach enamel. This is easier, and easy to get a gloss, but has disadvantages. Overspray stays wet in the air and can damage a car or too nearby. The overspray from cellulose is dry before it lands, so it just dust and doesn't stick. Also coach enamel is not as tough and can go dull after maybe ten years.
I've also sprayed 2 pack. Reading the data sheets it seems no more dangerous than celly so I've used 2 pack without an air fed mask. It seems to need a different technique but gives a super, wet gloss, sort of shine quite easily. It can also lead to 'runs' easily. And it can have a 'dry' looking gloss here and there where you didn't get enough paint on. Overspray from 2 pack is dreadful, producing an invisible sticky layer on anything nearby- House window sills, nearby car windscreens etc.
And 2 pack takes hours to dry, so you need a decent temperature for longer, and dust, flies etc do land on it.
I've not tried today's modern water based paint, but friends in the trade say it is like 2 pack, but very expensive and a bit harder to use.