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How much hi-temp reducer would you add to a pint of OneShot? I also have some Penetrol and mineral spirits but don't want to use the mineral spirits. I'm lettering a semi-trailer and it's gonna be between 75- and 85 degrees here today.
[ April 14, 2003, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Wayne Webb ]
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7404 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Don't add any to the quart! Start in a smaller can (cat food)with no thinners. When it starts to make the brush drag, then a few drops at a time. You'll feel it get "slippery" again.
-------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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wayne, all painters have different ways of reducing(thinning)one shot. as for hi temp...mineral spirits/turps is about the best. i never reduce the paint till i pallet it. i use these cheap plastic picnic plates, one with 3 sections. in one i put paint, in the other a little turps, i then pick up paint on the brush,move to empty section, pallet the paint(brush it on the plate)then pick up a little turps and go back to pallet section with it and mix(brush)the turps into the paint, then when i got the "flow" iam lookin for i start layin paint. some use the small dixie cups, cat food cans, any small container that will hold paint. most mix(paint&thinner)as they work.
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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i'm no expert on paint, but maybe this will help.
i keep my reducers in flip-top squeeze bottles -- that way i can add just a few drops, or squeeze in a good spurt, depending on what's needed. even a little bit of Hi-temp can make a big difference, and too much is worse than not enough.
the amount to use varies with the color you're painting, as well as the type of brush, the surface, the outside temperature, the outside humidity, etc. when you find yourself "fighting" the brush (ie, you're glooping too much paint on to make it "wet", or you're pushing real hard on the brush to force it out... then add more).
-------------------- :: Scooter Marriner :: :: Coyote Signs :: :: Oakland, CA :: :: still a beginner :: :: Posts: 1356 | From: Oakland (and San Francisco) | Registered: Mar 2001
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i have my turps/mineral spirits in the same type bottle, but with the 3 section plate, i dont have to pick up the bottle, then set it down. also if you pick up a little turps on the brush, you wont get any more then you need, with the drops, you can over-thin real easy then you gota add more paint/turps/paint/turps/....you spend more time mixin then paintin.....
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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