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I have to do a fade from a deep blue to orange. Its a half circle 19 foot radius. I plan on using an HVLP gun. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated. Also I have to spray horizontal, but this shouldn't be a problem because the gun has a pressure cup.
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Does it need to be an even "airbrushed" finish as in a perfect blend or could it be a little textured?
The main thing that concerns me is the choice of colours, what do you get when you mix deep blue with orange......yeeeeeeuuuuw! Do tou have any other colour options?
thats no bull Rob
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I'd be inclined to put a full base of orange down and blend the blue over it rather than the other way around.
With any blend, add plenty of extra clear medium to the blending color. It gives you more control.
Do it in several very thin passes. You wont get it even trying to blend in a single pass.
If using high pressure spray, don't set the pressure too high. You'll get a blotchy pattern appear. (I'm not as familiar with HVLP, but it should be good)
If its a banner, make sure there are no wrinkles. Pull it tight and nail it down if you have to. The paint will gather on wrinkles and make a very pretty pattern.
Working on the floor, wipe the pot and don't drip.
Sometimes I do large blends with a roller. Works well if you always keep it rolling the same way. check this for a biggun'. 10 metres high from lemon yellow to dark red with the letters going the other way (what idiot thought that up!) http://www.asadsigns.com.au/banners/southpacific.htm
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I'd be looking into a third color to ease the transition between the blue and orange, possibly magenta, which darkens orange nicely. The size of this is going to make for a long reach if the blend is to be in the middle. Is this a gym floor? Hopefully the boards will be going the right way in relation to the half circle. Spraying a straight, parallel line is going to be hard at that distance without something to guide off of. Some string streched at spray gun height might be in order.
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I have been doing blends successfully with the use of three(3)foam rollers One(1)blue one(1)orange one(1)clean Butt your blue and orange to each other,blend with clean roller!! Especialy with an area this larger,no compressor,no electricity,spray mask,gun cleaning,solvents,etc etc. Gravity itself will help with the slickness Hopes this helps
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Thanks to all who responded. Unfortunatly I didn't have a chance to check out the responses before I had to leave for the job. I was out of town for a week on this job.
Yes this was a gym floor.
Therefore I had no control over the colors. We had to use the school colors, urethane floor paint.
I wish I would have tried the roller method first, but I'm thinking that the blend area was just too large for this.
The area to blend was inside the 3 point area excluding the lane. I painted one sid all orange and the other side half orange half blue. We used a long painters plank (pic?) stretched between 2 pallet jacks. The side that I sprayed the blue on the orange came out very good. As soon as you get a few feet away it is a very nice blend. But on the other side, I ended up with a little too much blue on the orange. Time restraints prevented any fix so it will go out as is. You can see the job if you catch the University of Florida (Gators) play basketball on TV. The rest of the floor came out great, but I never want to do a fade that big again.
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