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Re: Tools: Spray varnish
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 4/17/2011, 12:59 am
In Response To: Tools: Spray varnish (Kim Haubert)

: I would like to get into spray varnishing. HVLP Cup gun? Siphon?
: Size of cup? Any other tips?

: Thx
: Kim

It's tricky on a curved surface like a kayak, conventional varnishes have to be thinned so much to allow them to be sprayed that they tend to run really bad on vertical surfaces.

Most of the people spraying clear are using automotive clearcoat finishes, much different than varnish.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Spray varnish
Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:09 am
Re: Tools: Spray varnish
Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 12:59 am
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Kim Haubert -- 4/17/2011, 12:49 pm
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Joe whitman -- 4/17/2011, 11:04 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/17/2011, 11:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:09 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/17/2011, 2:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 2:21 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 2:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 4:00 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 4/17/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2011, 12:14 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/19/2011, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/20/2011, 1:39 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/20/2011, 2:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 12:52 am
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Steve Hill -- 4/21/2011, 5:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:15 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 1:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 3:28 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 4/18/2011, 4:17 pm
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/18/2011, 4:45 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 4/18/2011, 6:05 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/18/2011, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:37 am
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Dave Houser -- 4/20/2011, 8:02 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/21/2011, 4:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:16 am