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Typically safety guys aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed... maybe from sniffing paint fumes in the 50’s...
i dont know a single single safety guy that gets paid the ‘big bucks’.
Originally Posted by Mixer man
But I suppose it also depends on what type of paint you plan on using, and whether it is considered toxic or not.
Just because "We've always done it that way", doesn't mean you're doing it correctly or safely.
Abstract
Mainly in the car industry, many electrostatic spraying installations are at present being converted to use water-based paints. This will involve considerable advantages in the field of fire and explosion protection, if the water-based paints used can be considered non flammable when sprayed. To investigate this question, the burning behavior of more than 120 electrostatically sprayed water-based paints, which consist of flammable resins and possibly flammable pigments suspended in mixtures of flammable water-soluble organic solvents and water, was tested under practical conditions. Investigations on flushing liquids (solvents) were also included. The paints were sprayed using high rotation bell-type sprayers. While the majority of commercially available water-based paints proved to be non-flammable when sprayed, a number of paints turned out to be flammable. Recipe ranges are stated in the form of an easy numerical equation which delimits the different burning behaviors. It was found, that the flammability limit of the multiphase paint system is simply related to the flammability limits of its binary subsystems water/combustible solids and water/combustible liquids in an additive manner.
Typically safety guys aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed... maybe from sniffing paint fumes in the 50’s...
i dont know a single single safety guy that gets paid the ‘big bucks’.
I guess you don't get out much then. Interesting play on words ("single single"). How did you know that wasn't my primary job function? Primary was Chief Engineer at low six figures, now retired making a little over half that. "Big bucks" is just a euphemism. Do I detect a bit of jealousy?
Ok, enough of the personal attacks.
Waiting for my new positive pressure full face mask to arrrive. Then I can start to paint some of the smaller parts and the two doors. Still have a little shaping and sanding to do on some Bondo work. Do I need spot prime (just hit the spots with the body filler), let it dry, then prime entire piece?
It is always best to spray the entire panel with a sealer prior to applying your color coat. Body filler is like a sponge and will suck up any paint applied to it, you will find that you will need a few coats of primer to get the surface smooth.
Applied another light coat of body filler, did some sanding and rattle canned some primer on. Need to sand primer down now. All I have is 220 grit right now. Need to get some higher numbered sand paper.
Now that a little primer is on, I can see a few low spots with the filler. And of corse I have runs. I will be sanding most of that off. I do like my new positive pressure face mask.
I like your removable plastic on your floors. I did not do that but wish I had. I has an epoxy floor in my old shop. After all the priming and painting the floor was a mess. Lesson learned. The days I was painting, I would lightly spray the floor with water to help keep any dust or particles from flying around.
Got the doors sanded. Started with 500 then went to 1000, then 2000 grit. They feel really smooth. Vacuumed and washed then down. Ready for another coat of primer.
Bought some cheap acrylic water based paint and ran it through the gun. Did some nice test patterns. I think when I pruned the first time, I thinned it too much. Directions said 1:1. Think it should be more like 1:0.5
