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Hoping to get some quick opinions on how everyone gets a smooth finish when painting. I'm about to start a SignFoam project, but also work with MDO when I have to(If I can't get a good match in vinyl over alumalite for example.) Do you use rollers or brush? I usually use 1-shot but have used the higher quality house paints also.
Thanks again...
-------------------- Alan Dearborn Dearborn Graphics Hampton, NH USA Posts: 271 | From: NH USA | Registered: Mar 2000
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for backgrounds i use car paint! on mdo or alum it works great.....also i like BLP PAINT called NAM-E-LAC, flows like water and drys quick and high gloss.
-------------------- 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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Alan, for glasslike finishes I use an HLVP spray gun. If you're not ready for that, I've coated out panels with rollers since, well, a while .
If you don't like the orange peel looking texture, you can load up a spray bottle with reducer an mist it into the AIR above the panel, when it lands it should make the orange peel texture flow out. It's important that you don't shoot the mist directly at the panel....bad things will happen.
-------------------- Jon Androsky Posts: 438 | From: Williamsport, PA | Registered: Mar 2002
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I use Benjamin Moore Impervo paint with Tiz rollers. After you have given it a fairly good coat of paint....~lightly~ go over it with the tiz roller again to pop any bubbles and give it a smooth finish. Another good finish is Benjamin. Moore primer and paint all in one can. Comes out a semi glossy satin finish....but really nice paint and finish. But...........around here (Seattle) in the winter I use lots of polymetal and intecel as the paint takes awhile to dry.
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