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How do I need to shoot this? Cut it with thinner 1/2 and 1/2 or something else for painting?
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Shooting 383 Gilliespie paint...
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mangus580
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Honestly, I would call and speak with a tech at Gillespie....
rmgill
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Ok, called them. Thin up to 20% with xylene or tolulene.
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2:1(paint-reducer) and use a SYNTHETIC ENAMEL REDUCER not paint thinner IE mineral spirits
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AJP recommends the reduction of Gillespie Coatings with a
SYNTHETIC ENAMEL REDUCER. This is accomplished at a ratio of 2:1,
paint to reducer. Most brands are fine, such as NAPA or PPG, etc; just as
long as its a SYNTHETIC ENAMEL REDUCER.
from army jeep parts
tip
AJP recommends the reduction of Gillespie Coatings with a
SYNTHETIC ENAMEL REDUCER. This is accomplished at a ratio of 2:1,
paint to reducer. Most brands are fine, such as NAPA or PPG, etc; just as
long as its a SYNTHETIC ENAMEL REDUCER.
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I was advised by a couple of folks who shoot outside in a humid environment to cut mine 3 to 1 with mineral spirits. Supposedly it keeps the wet line wet for the next path of the gun. This is exactly how I've been shooting this stuff and everything has come out really nice.
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You need more solvent if you are shooting with a siphon gun. A pressure gun will put the paint on faster at a heavier viscosity, and helps heep your "wet edge".
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I've been shooting Gillespie for years using Xylene or Naphtha (depending on how hot it is) at rates of 4:1 or 5:1, rate of thinning and thinner depend on temperature, air pressure, etc. Most often, I use 4:1 and about 40psi for my "cheap" gun (syphon).
My page on painting is located at:
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I've gone ten years without repainting my driver M37 and it looks really good parking next to the M38 that was painted just last year... (both parked outside).
My page on painting is located at:
http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/paint.htm
I've gone ten years without repainting my driver M37 and it looks really good parking next to the M38 that was painted just last year... (both parked outside).
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Yep, when I shot my M1009 last year I used Xylene from NAPA I believe and thinned it 4:1. It went on smooth with no overlap marks. It was pretty cool when I shot it too. Also used a "cheap" pressure gun.
rmgill
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What temperature? It's around 60° here during the day in the sun. I can pre-heat the sections to be painted if I need to.
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Xylol or naptha are both fairly slow solvents. They give good wetting, and allow the paint to flow out nicely. Down side is you are more likely to run the paint in those conditions. 60 degree weather is a little colder than I like to paint in. If you just have to, use a faster solvent, unleaded gasoline actually works quite well. Put on several light coats and watch how it flows. If you try to hammer on a full build coat all at once, you will likely have some drips and sags on vertical surfaces.