Rattlecan repaint

:blink: I haven't heard of any electric guns for automotive work. If you're talking about a Wagner house painter, I'd probably steer clear, as I don't know if I trust plastic to stand up to some of the chemicals involved in painting (and cleanup after painting).

I'd be surprised if a house painter could lay it on thin enough to not run the paint.

Just offhand thoughts, but I could be wrong.

EDIT: If karma were still around, I'd bump your karma up for even thinking of it. That's creativity!

Post edited by: GargantuChet, at: 2005/10/22 10:54

John68:

The house was built in the mid-1960's and has one outlet (with freezer, washer and clothes dryer plugged into it) in the garage. There is no dedicated circuit for the garage and the electrics are a mess. Near as I can figure, the central air, and a group of lights and other miscellanea, and the single plug in the garage are on the circuit.

How about an electric model paint gun?...modelers are very particular about painting...have you heard anything about these?

Post edited by: Mcdroid, at: 2005/10/22 11:01

ouch!
Yeah those model paintguns, or airbrushes do not put down enough material to do an entire piece, such as a sidecover. I have a paasche airbrush and it's about worthless for anything big.
I'll check into those compressors and that electric spraying rig. they say it has a fluid tip size of 0.70" That's rediculous, can't possibly be, so I am gonna check elsewhere for that info. nearest I can figure is that they meant 0.07" tip size, because that would put it at 1.7mm or there-about. 0.70" would mean a 17mm tip size, and if you have a 17mm socket laying around, you'd quickly see that a needle and tip that big would be able to birth a newborn child, rather than lay on a smooth coat of paint. (well, that's a bit of an exaggerration, but dang it, they started it!)

I'll let you know how the 2gal works with a detail gun.

Chet,
You read my mind, I just typed it faster! hahaha! good to see you are up adn moving. feel like a drive out to Bob Tracey's World of Cycles this afternoon? :woohoo:

Absolutely! I'll be over as soon as I can get out of here...

John68,
Thanks for the info on using a air-brush. I thought about buying one thinking I would have more "control" over the paint for doing my bike in the winter. I might get a "touch up" gun, or pull out and clean my old "Binks No.7" gun I only used once about 20 years ago.

If you try using your Binks, and it's really crusty, your local paint shop might be able to find parts to rebuild it, or they might be willing to dip and rebuild it for a reasonable fee.

Man....I still wanna know how many cans for the tank, tail, and sidecovers:huh: