Spraying Epifanes

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I'm happy to report that after making a series of changes, that I'm getting excellent results. Based upon feedback from this forum and others, I did the following:
  1. Three+ coats of Epifanes Gloss thinned 50/30/30% with spraying thinner.
  2. Thinned the Epifanes Rubbed Effect 25% with spraying thinner. The viscosity was measured at 25 seconds in a Zahn #2 cup.
  3. Increased the diameter of the nozzle from 1mm to 2 mm
  4. Replaced the aircap on the gun with the larger one to match the nozzle.
  5. Increased the room temp to 70F
  6. Sand with 220 or 320 between coats
Note that I'm using a 4 stage Apollo 1025 HVLP turbine and a 5000 series gun.

The final result looked just like the factory. I'm a happy man!

Thanks for all of the suggestions.

-- Geoff
Last edited by GeoffSchultz on Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:29 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Excellent!

Can you post a few pictures?

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I'll do so when I return from skiing on Thursday/Friday.
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I had said that I would post pictures of the final version of my refinishing with the Apollo HVLP sprayer, and I've finally gotten around to doing it. It's quite hard to show the end result as the finish is "Rubbed Effect" which is a mat finish. Anyhow, here are 3 photos of a piece of molding showing a completely flat finish with no orange peel effect.

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That looks awesome!

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I am about to spray the finishing layer of Epifanes High Gloss on the deck of my boat in Thailand. It is very humit and the temperature is about 30 degrees/ 100F. I am wondering how much Thinner I should add to get the best results.

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I am about to spray the finishing layer of Epifanes High Gloss on the deck of my boat in Thailand. It is very humit and the temperature is about 30 degrees/ 100F. I am wondering how much Thinner I should add to get the best results.
I have no idea given that temp. I thinned my final coats about 25% and used a 2 mm tip. I'd try spraying a test board that had already been coated as a test before going after the entire deck.

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