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Cheap guns are fine.

2.0 mm tip is good.

Throttle the fluid needle down considerably during the first couple of passes. And higher pressure is fine.

You want a very fine spray, no large droplets.

The acetone helps to achieve the droplet size.

And 12 mils is fine, Sunshield can be sprayed even thinner than that.

Weight sensitive aerospace parts are sometimes closer to 8 mils.

 

Thanks for all the help. The supplier told me in mould coating is wrong. They tend to shut off discussion more than anything.

 

Who did you buy it from?

 

I am noticing today a lot of static charge/discharge on the glass mold while cleaning and waxing.

could this be driving my craters?

 

I can run humidifiers if so..

 

The static is common, I can't say if eliminating it will help or not.

 

Well, I might have done it. I used 16 oz Sunshield and 1.5 oz acetone and 9g catalyst. Back brushed and it looked pretty terrible.

I mixed another batch 16 oz and 9g catalyst. Sprayed it quite a lot and it leveled somewhat. Back brushed again. Sprayed the last bits and it looks decent. I'd say ? 20 mils?

place is pretty smoky and stinky!

I just checked and not seeing many defects. Pulled back from the glass edge some.

Whew! Now to see if I can get the carbon on it nicely tomorrow.

I think it is going on too heavy somehow. I am using a gravity gun. I think a pressurized spryer would be better. I found my Binks hvlp, but stuck with the other cheapo. I am not very knowledgable about sprayers.