Any professional, Paint/Finishes specialists out there?

[Skeet]

if its going to be knocked about you may want to look at 6 8 layers of lacquer

Well, yeah mainly to prevent wear on areas around the grip etc.

So, can you recommend or set out a procedure...what sort of base undercoat etc? was thinking white as its a light colour blue topcoat.

Also...any particular type of paint...can I bake it on the oven door on a low heat etc? (electric fan oven!)

 

[Lump]

no just got to halfords and buy 2 primers heavy and a lite start with heavy, to seal the wood. loads of lite layers. same with the paint. as long as you take your time i dont see it being to much of a problem.

 

[mikey601]

I sell this on a daily basis and the rule, im sure you know already, is with paint/primers/lacquers is that you buy cheap you buy twice.

 

[Skeet]

no just got to halfords and buy 2 primers heavy and a lite start with heavy, to seal the wood. loads of lite layers. same with the paint. as long as you take your time i dont see it being to much of a problem.

What's Heavy primer compared to light primer...?
Didnt know there was more than one type.

Do you know of a particlularily tough lacquer and do I need to use gloss or will satin do ok...?

 

[Skeet]

Mikey...do Wurths do Primer lacquer etc>? Just gonna browse your brochure

 

[mikey601]

What's Heavy primer compared to light primer...?
Didnt know there was more than one type.

Do you know of a particlularily tough lacquer and do I need to use gloss or will satin do ok...?

http://www.wurth.co.uk/catalogue/pdfs/UK-CD_03_1416.pdf

Thick primer which is also a filler so will cure any impurities in the wood

 

[mikey601]

Mikey...do Wurths do Primer lacquer etc>? Just gonna browse your brochure

The only thing i could find beneficial to you would be the primer filler. We do full MS ploymer primers but not in aerosols as we sell directly to sprayers.

 

[Lump]

same here all the stuff i would use is in liquid form. so not to sure, but halfords sell a good mix

 

[Skeet]

Righty ho.

I was going to use a thin coat of Acrylic wood primer first, to seal the wood up..also Acrylic has no skin, so cant chip or peel.

I assume most undercoat would go on this fine.

Lump: So i can gently sand between coats of the metallic apart from the final coat. What about the lacquer...can I should I wet sand
between the coats of lacquer?

How long should I leave coats to dry before sanding or recoating?

 

[Lump]

no sand up to the first coat of paint, get that right then paint. satin coat may not be a car paint so stick with car paint throughout