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Stencil Kit Question

By Arcade

9 years ago


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#33 9 years ago

I use automotive paint. It is more expensive but you get what you pay for. It doesn't need to be thinned when it goes in the sprayer, covers in one nice thin coat, can be applied easily to a vertical surface, dries rock hard in like 10 seconds and doesn't peel or lift when you pull up the stencil. Once the prep and base coat is on, the stencil work literally takes less than an hour for the whole cabinet and head. I then do a light sanding to knock down the paint edges and coat the whole cabinet with Minwax polycrylic semigloss clear. This gives the whole cabinet uniform reflection, protects the paint and you can run your hand down the cabinet and barely feel any edges.

#37 9 years ago

Not sure the brand, but I think it is Dupont because that is what the primer is. I just go to the automotive paint store and they mix it and put it in a generic container. This is not a car parts store or a Sherwin Williams, it is a specialty store for auto paint and supplies. I did have to thin the primer. It is a "high solid" primer. It doesn't sink into the wood grain as much as normal primer when it dries because it is mostly solids. The paint themselves are very thin and worked fine in my sprayer with the largest nozzle. As for the coating, it dries so fast I basically put a really thin coat and wait twenty seconds and come back with a second thicker coat. I guess that is two coats technically, but it is so fast it might as well be one.

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