clinto
Moderator, wonderful human being & practicing Deuc
Staff member
Administrator
Super Moderator
Steel Soldiers Supporter
Supporting Vendor
- 12,596
- 1,134
- 113
- Location
- Athens, Ga.
I typically paint Gillespie at the recommended 4:1 ratio and use Xylene like everyone else. I have thinned it as much as 1:1 without issues.
I shoot it with a cheap Harbor Freight paint gun (https://www.harborfreight.com/air-t...oz-hvlp-gravity-feed-air-spray-gun-62300.html).
It lays down very well. It probably would be better with a 1.8 tip in the gun, but I've used the 1.4 tip HF guns for years without issue. Turn the pressure up a bit. I think I shoot this stuff with the regulator set to 40 psi.
It flashes pretty fast, I can typically get a second coat on the same day as the first (early morning first coat, late afternoon second coat).
I know you can use a hardener in it, but that will gloss it up some and obviously for our purposes that's not desirable.
I try to sandblast everything I paint because I'm insane. I always use Southern Polyurethane's excellent epoxy primer and everything I've shot over that has stuck to it, including real S-W waterborne CARC
This Power Wagon was SP epoxy with Gillespie on top of it. I did about half the metalwork and all of the spraying.
These are halftrack fuel tanks
It's a cheap paint. It's $40 a gallon. I've paid $400 a gallon for automotive stuff for restorations, so $40 is cheap. You're getting what you pay for.
But if you do the prep correctly and pay it down halfway right, it'll stick fine and if you keep it indoors, it'll last a long time. I'd say the limit for a truck stored outdoors is 5-10 years, depending on a lot of factors.
I shoot it with a cheap Harbor Freight paint gun (https://www.harborfreight.com/air-t...oz-hvlp-gravity-feed-air-spray-gun-62300.html).
It lays down very well. It probably would be better with a 1.8 tip in the gun, but I've used the 1.4 tip HF guns for years without issue. Turn the pressure up a bit. I think I shoot this stuff with the regulator set to 40 psi.
It flashes pretty fast, I can typically get a second coat on the same day as the first (early morning first coat, late afternoon second coat).
I know you can use a hardener in it, but that will gloss it up some and obviously for our purposes that's not desirable.
I try to sandblast everything I paint because I'm insane. I always use Southern Polyurethane's excellent epoxy primer and everything I've shot over that has stuck to it, including real S-W waterborne CARC
This Power Wagon was SP epoxy with Gillespie on top of it. I did about half the metalwork and all of the spraying.
These are halftrack fuel tanks
It's a cheap paint. It's $40 a gallon. I've paid $400 a gallon for automotive stuff for restorations, so $40 is cheap. You're getting what you pay for.
But if you do the prep correctly and pay it down halfway right, it'll stick fine and if you keep it indoors, it'll last a long time. I'd say the limit for a truck stored outdoors is 5-10 years, depending on a lot of factors.
