Thinking of getting into 40k and Adeptus Mechanicus look fun but looking at their models and some discussions it seems like they're really hard to paint. Would they make a good first army if I'm on a budget? and are they easy to play?
Who knew that painting pumpkins could be so fun? And why have I not done this every year?! So much cleaner and easier than carving pumpkins. Plus, they last much longer (especially if you use fake pumpkins).
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Just a question, because this will be my first time attempting to paint a pumpkin, do I need to prep the pumpkin in any way first? Besides the normal cleaning of dirt off first. (We actually grew a few small pumpkins this year. Lol)
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I completely sandpapered my bike a few months back and repainted it with a coat of primer first, and then matt black. The paint was sprayed only after sandpapering the bike with the appopriate gritt so as to make sure that the primer would stick great.
With the original paint, my bike hardly got scraped too much and too badly, but now, it is easily scratchable. The pure metal is visible as if the primer and the matt black simply were peeled off (where the bike got scratched).
Been there, done it all. I've been airbrushing and painting cars, motorcycles, helicopters, helmets, zippy lighters... and just about anything since I was a kid. I could always draw like I invented it, and hated the fact that my work had to be hidden in filing cabinets after all that effort or else the graphite would smear. So, a more durable genre developed.
You're experiencing what stumps most people when they start... and that is paint chemistry. I had to take classes on it specifically in college, not to mention spend years learning from the established guys, and my own trial and error.
You've got an aluminum frame? If your bike is new and you're changing the paint scheme, remove all the decals, and lightly sand the existing finish. It's the best bond you're likely to have, and the existing finish is a fine foundation. Then, a coat of sealer, which basically just means to bring the bike to a uniform color. Black or white is usually fine depending on what your final color will be. White for a light color? Black if it'll be dark. Only really exception is candy paint (silver for cool candy colors, gold for warm colors).
If it needs to be taken to bare metal...fine. Don't sand it though, you'll be there all week and it's a mess. Instead, go to a local carwash, soak it with "Easy Off Aerosol Oven Cleaner" and wait 15-20 minutes. Have a beer. Then, pressure wash it. BOOM, bare metal. That easy. (OH, don't wear flip flops.?)
Next is paintint. Most automotive finishes are two-part paints with a catalyst and a harder. You want a 2-part etching primer for bare metal. It's available in cans with a res button on the bottom. Slapping it on a tabletop pops a bladder inside so the two mix. Shake like hell for 10 minutes, and follow directions. Here's a satin black from Eastwood -aero-spray-rat-rod-satin-black.html
Color and all that can easily be applied with whatever paint you want. Testers model paints even has a flip-flop color shift in an aerosol can. But you can use createx airbrush colors through a cheap gun... or whatever. The sky's the limit.
Keep in mind that flat and matte paints are nearly always powder coated or baked on. For your flat black... I'd go to Harbor Freight and pick up the powder coat gun and a bottle of flat black....then get industrious with some scrapped kitchen ovens and make a little enclosure to bake them in. But that's me.
I've painted a number of bikes now and I always run into the same problem. I was advised to use etching paint on bare metal before priming, but this did not help. It's really frustrating because you spend a lot of time preparing the surface and painting, then the paint scratches the first time something hard (or even not so hard...I got a scratch just accidentally banging the bike frame against a wooden door) touches the new paint job.
Binder Type: This is the "body" of the coating. If you cast a thin layer of Jell-O around your bike frame, its probably not going to last. In order from generally most durable and adhering to least, you've got a choice of ceramic, epoxy, urethane, polyester (alkyd), and natural oils. It should be noted that the top 3 typically require mixing with a catalyst that is very harmful to health without proper PPE. Most spray paint is likely a polyester mixed with solvents.
Surface grit: Your bare metal should be between 220-440 grit (American). The UK grit sizes are completely different, and the rest of the world uses micron. A more viscous paint should have a larger grit (lower number), and thinner paints use finer grits. This ensures that no air is trapped in pores, but also that coat is minimally thick to a smooth finish. Additionally, sandblasting produces the best finish for adherence, but the type of blast media can vary depending on metal and paint.
Surface cleanliness: There are oils in your hands, on your sandpaper, in the air, and just about everywhere else. Since your paint is only microns thick, having a micron of non-hardening oils can really make your paint softer and less "sticky". Use an evaporating, non oil-based degreaser/surface cleaner to remove oils. Dish soap is just oil with a surfactant and will not work.
Clear coat: Most top coats (those paints with pigments) are made to be durable, but not have much in the way of ultraviolet ray resistance. A clear coat will generally add toughness to scratch prevention down to your primer, as well as prevent fading and cracking due to UV and weather exposure outside.
Paint Pigment Quantity: This is very case specific to the type of pigment, but the more pigment you add, the less binder there is per unit volume, so the weaker it becomes. Not really something to worry about unless you are tinting paints yourself.
This comes from experience and research into paint chemistry. I've had massive success with ceramic coatings under the Cerakote brand. I built an oven out of two filing cabinets a bolted together with a toaster oven slotted into the bottom. After baking for a very thinly sprayed coating for 2 hours, I accidentally dropped my frame from 3 feet directly onto concrete, landing on the bottom bracket shell. I dusted off the concrete that scraped onto the frame and it looked brand new. Rather than scratch my bike, the bike actually scratched the floor.
There is also the choice of paint application, which varies by binder type. Brushing is the worst because it produces very thick coats that do not cure uniformly. Powder-coating (and baking) works well for multiple binders because it coats extremely thickly but also completely cures it evenly, producing a very thick and smooth shield. Ceramic coatings must be sprayed very thinly and baked to leave mostly just ceramic, which is thin enough to flex with the substrate without breaking, and adheres almost as well as the metal does to itself, but the coating will show existing scratches very easily. Some manufacturers, like All-city, will deposit the paint particles electrically while the frame and paint are in a liquid bath. This is about the same durability as powder-coating, but requires fewer human interaction. Paint sprayers can also be set up to electrically deposit for better performance, but at high danger to the people spraying.
This is an obvious first step, but I need to explain how much cleaning actually needs to happen. My good friend paints fences as a part of his job and his advice was to use a pressure washer to knock the dirt off.
Tip: The instructions say not to leave the sprayer sitting unused for more than 30 minutes or else some of the paint could dry and it will clog the nozzle. I had to stop at one point for nearly 30 minutes and tend to the kiddos. When I came back it had trouble spraying evenly. Some of the paint in the nozzle had dried too much and I just had to take the nozzle parts off and clean them. After that it worked like a charm again!
We just had a new fence put up a couple months ago. Now that it is warming up outside it would be a good time to paint it. I came across your article while looking up what all we would need to do so. I must say this article is very informative when it comes to painting a fence. Thank you for taking your time to write it!
I thought it was so important how you talked about how you should test the pain first before deciding if you need to thin it out. My husband and I are thinking of installing a fence in our backyard to have our puppies play outside. In my opinion, we should decide what kind of fence we want with a professional before deciding how we want to paint it.
Started my son scrapping loose & peeling paint from fence to prep. Paint in bad shape not sure how long painted before we bought house. Think pressure washer would work vs. tedious hand scrapping including 50 ft lattice?
Have wanted to use paint sprayer for years as intuitively would think less time. But nervous so have stuck with what I know. Think fence would be good first test after sounding pretty easy vs. my first attempt being inside house.
We totally need to own a paint sprayer for just such an occasion. We just finished an outdoor paint project which was brutal! This post is one of the features at the new Merry Monday party this week. Thanks for partying with us. Pinned.
But going one step more than taping edges, I also covered the entire center with plastic. This was necessary since we used a paint sprayer, but I might do it if hand painting anyway just to be cautious.
Wondering about painting over grout? Because I really wanted the most clean, minimal look possible, I painted over the grout lines. Some people paint the grout one color and then paint the tile separately. Not only does that sound like a huge hassle, I prefer the over all minimal fireplace design.
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