First time poster, but I have been following this forum and using the SPI products for about 2-1/2 years now, and I find it to be a fantastic product.
I am not a collision or body shop guy; I am actually a furniture maker, and have sprayed just about every existing (and a few now extinct) species of finish on furniture.
Which brings me to my question.
One of the steps that I do in finishing a piece of furniture is called toning. After stain, 2 coats of sealer and sanding to 320, I mix dye stain with reducer and a small amount of clear, then spray it using an Accuspray HVLP gun with a very small needle and fluid nozzle, wide open air, on compressor pressure backed down to about 15 PSI at the gun with the trigger pulled. I lay out the toner evenly over the surface, usually making 4 to 8 cross hatched passes. I let this dry for about an hour, then start my topcoat. What this does is deepen the color without obscuring the grain; it also allows me to adjust my color, making it browner, redder, whatever.
So the question is-would this technique work with candy? I get an amazingly even color coat, with no blotching, heavy build on edges, runs, or other defects. Not being an auto paint guy, I am trying to learn as much as I can. I am currently restoring a 1951 Ford F1 that will be done in SPI SS Black, and I have a 1964 Studebaker Avanti that I will be doning next. I want to do the Avanti in candy, so I am starting to research now.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
John
I am not a collision or body shop guy; I am actually a furniture maker, and have sprayed just about every existing (and a few now extinct) species of finish on furniture.
Which brings me to my question.
One of the steps that I do in finishing a piece of furniture is called toning. After stain, 2 coats of sealer and sanding to 320, I mix dye stain with reducer and a small amount of clear, then spray it using an Accuspray HVLP gun with a very small needle and fluid nozzle, wide open air, on compressor pressure backed down to about 15 PSI at the gun with the trigger pulled. I lay out the toner evenly over the surface, usually making 4 to 8 cross hatched passes. I let this dry for about an hour, then start my topcoat. What this does is deepen the color without obscuring the grain; it also allows me to adjust my color, making it browner, redder, whatever.
So the question is-would this technique work with candy? I get an amazingly even color coat, with no blotching, heavy build on edges, runs, or other defects. Not being an auto paint guy, I am trying to learn as much as I can. I am currently restoring a 1951 Ford F1 that will be done in SPI SS Black, and I have a 1964 Studebaker Avanti that I will be doning next. I want to do the Avanti in candy, so I am starting to research now.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
John