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To learn to paint with a compressor may not be as hard as you think, but always depending on the quality you want to get.
The most important things to worry about.
.....never paint with air pressure more than 4,5 bar into the paint gun..... .. 1 the paint in the "gun" should not be too thick. the paint should normally be mixed 2/1 or 4/1 (depending on type of paint) with paint and hardener, and then you might have to add some thinner to make it better to spray. (you better try and fail on something that is not so important)
2 the temperature is verry important. abt 25 to 35 degree Celsius when painting and as hot as possible (even 60 to 80 degree) when drying between the painting.
3 each layer of paint should not be too thick (the thinner the better, but so much that it covers the area totally and the more layers the better are the job.) and alow it to be "tutch dry" before applying next layer. Always remember that to get a good result you should have at least tree layers, and you must finnish the job the same day. so make sure that you have good time available when you paint. Normally the paint should dry for abt one hour between the layers, but with increased temperature it could get down to ten minytes only.
TIP: keep the gun up to 30 centimeter away from the surface you are painting.
paint in horisontal direction(if possible), and then if you for example paints from right to left. stop spraying when you comes the end of your reach / end of object you are painting.(never move your feet when painting, only your body,) and always be aware of the distance, and your speed. (when you are trained, you will act calm and precise which will ofcourse give you the best result.)
NEVER PAINT IN A DUSTY AREA, AND PROTECT YOURSELF EITHER WITH BREETHING APARATUS, OR GOOD VENTILATION (BOTH IF POSSIBLE).
However, if you should discover either dust in your newly painted areas,or some of the paint have given you a "spot", or started to "flow" downwards. do not get panic and stop painting unless it is really bad. You can by some special grinding stones which are so fine that it is possible to grind down the dust spot or paint, without making any marks in the paintjob. (this must be done only after the hardening process is finished (abt two months after the painting is finished. The main thing is still the pre work that you have done. To get the best result the area you are painting should be rubbed with grinding paper Grade 600 on wet surface (use water)and then dried up prior to paint.use "grindable spray sparkel" to get the best result. GOOD LUCK!!!!
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