spray courses

[acorn]

Hello, does anyone know of any courses about spraying Acid Catalysed lacquers that might be around?

[jonnyd]

Hi do you have any experience of spraying as A/C is much the same as any other spraying. I use morrells lacquers www.morrells-woodfinishes.com/ and it might be worth contacting them as there sales reps are very knowledgable and would be able to point you in the right direction or direct you to someone near you who uses the product. I generally use either 2 or 3 coats straight onto the wood for a clear finish and for a pigmented finish 2 coats of A/C primer more on the edges if its mdf followed by 2 top coats of pigmented Lacquer.

jon

[''The village idiot'']

You could try your local collage or you can ask your local car body repair shop if they know of any thing, they may also be able point you your local collage.

To repeat jon the other thing to consider is the lacquers suppler they could do courses.

www.fiddes.co.uk

[acorn]

Excellent- thanks for the advice guys- Morrells have the very course!

I am new to the spraying side of things and hoping to cut out the trip to the polishers.

[Scrit]

Acorn

Most companies which sell spray equipment and finishes offer training courses, from 1 day upwards. If you find a suitable materials supplier then they will do tyraining. My advice is to try to stick with someone local - you never know when you'll need the rep to drop-in some mixing cups or a can of equipment cleaner. My training on 2-pack consisted of 2 hours with the rep from my supplier, but then I had been spraying pre-cat and French polish for a few years. Fundamentally as long as you understand the mix and and spray patterns learning is really easy if you have someone experienced to show you.

As to 2-packs (acid catalysed), a word of caution. It is imperative that they are sprayed in a properly extracted environment, i.e. a spray booth, and that you wear adequate personal protection - a carbon filter mask with particulate primary filter is probably the minimum. The fine dust from a/c overspray is potentially carcenogenic as well as causing respiratory problems and the finishes give-off toxic by-products when sprayed so they really shouldn't be sprayed at the back of a garage!

Scrit

[jfc]

May i suggest ordering a few 1L tins of paint and varnish from Teknos . Give them a call and tell them what you want to do and they will tell you what products they think are for you . I have been very happy with them and i know alot of trade joiners and big companies use them . Give them a try , no mixing paint or bad smells as it is all water based . Times change and products move on , it's good stuff !

[tim]

The Morrels courses are free btw. I've not been on them but am thinking about it.

Cheers

Tim