let's talk paint flow

Posted by Dennis Rioux on Jun 28, 2004

The answers to these questions will be applied to the *next* kayak because it is too late for this one. I have three coats of one part Brightsides paint down and I have a bit of an orange peel problem which would not be bad if it were uniform across the entire hull, but of course it is not. I am not willing at this point to sand it all off and start over (the days are getting shorter already for heaven's sake). I have it sanded down with 220 as far as is practical after a two hour effort, and I will apply the fourth (and final?) coat tomorrow morning.

Anyway, how much paint do you roller on at once? I am not getting the advertized "sprayed on look" using the almost dry roller technique. On the last coat the roller (yellow kind) was pretty dry, and I found tipping with the foam brush (black kind) to be a tacky experience. I ended up with spots of high gloss and spots of not-so-high gloss. Should I be putting more down at once? I think I got the orange peel on the second coat when I did put down a bit more than that last one. The tipping operation on coat two seemed to go okay at the time, but like I said, orange peel. I have pretty much decided to take what I get on this last coat (unless there is some magical post-painting procedure you'd like to share (go bang it up by actually using it?)) and I plan to put down however much paint all of you who care to respond tell me to do. So what'll it be -- a juicy roller's worth, a damp roller's worth, or a dry roller's worth? Thanks for your input.

Dennis

Replies:

• Re: let's talk paint flow by Steve Miller on Jun 28, 2004
  • Re: let's talk paint flow by Mac on Jun 29, 2004
    • Re: let's talk paint flow by Marc Jaskolka on Jun 30, 2004
  • Re: let's talk paint flow by Dennis Rioux on Jun 29, 2004
    • Re: let's talk paint flow by Steve Miller on Jun 29, 2004
      • I like white foam by Dennis Rioux on Jun 29, 2004
        • Re: I like white foam by Dennis Rioux on Jun 30, 2004
  • Re: let's talk paint flow by Eugene Severens on Jun 29, 2004
    • primer by Dennis Rioux on Jun 29, 2004
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        • Re: primer by Dennis Rioux on Jun 29, 2004
          • Re: primer by Steve Miller on Jun 29, 2004
  • Re: let's talk paint flow by Bob Leary on Jun 30, 2004
    • Re: let's talk paint flow by Steve Miller on Jun 30, 2004