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| von Schwartz | 11 Oct 2020 7:00 p.m. PST |
My work shop currently is in my garage which, unfortunately has no heat or AC. Now heat is not needed, as I currently reside in Florida, A?C would be nice but I cannot afford to A/C my garage for the few hours a week that I use it. But I digress, my problem is when I am finishing a batch and gloss coat them, black wash, and dull coat them. The last few batches came out dusty looking. I'm guessing that that is due to the high humidity when I was doing the spraying. Will it be sufficient to simply respray them this winter when our humidity is lower to remove that "dusty" look? I don't wanna do it inside, I know the SWMBO wouldn't go for that.
Any suggestions? |
| phssthpok | 11 Oct 2020 7:42 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I used to live in Florida; use several very light coats and let it thoroughly dry between them. |
| Zephyr1 | 11 Oct 2020 8:44 p.m. PST |
Lightly dab the 'frost' with a cotton swab dampened (not soaking) in mineral spirits. It will remove the 'frost', and the m.s. will evaporate before it affects the paint job. (I'm also in FL… ;-) |
| PzGeneral | 12 Oct 2020 5:12 a.m. PST |
I ran into the 'Dusty" problem once when I made the mistake of spraying on a very hot day. It was the advice of the hive mind to spray them with Gloss coat. Let dry, the spray again will Dull coat. That did seem to work…. |
Shagnasty  | 12 Oct 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
Heat and humidity are not your friends, a lesson I lived living along the Texas coast. As said a very light coat of mineral spirits should remove the "mist." Try varnish small batches by hand in side on particularly humid days. |
| von Schwartz | 12 Oct 2020 5:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks all for the advice! |
| dapeters | 19 Oct 2020 12:39 p.m. PST |
I would suggest getting an airbrush, I use the minwax method and then cover it with a matt finish. I've not gotten to the point of using the airbrush to do the minwax coat, but I have used Goldens Matte polymer varnish. You should were a mask but you can do it inside. These days the compressor are also relatively quite. |
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