Help! Paint Mix advice for AE4000 on BOC

Well I'm currently running the Black Widdow mix on my AE2000 pj. I'm in the process of doing a clients house and will probably try out the Scorpion N8 mix. Not sure if the formula can be found on this site but google it.

Yes. It does. but do consider Spraying, using a $57.00 Wagner. It will spell all the difference...both in time saved and achieving a nearly perfect finish, as well as the viewable end results.

Sorry I let this Thread slip by, but I've been distracted by a sudden swarm of annoying "No See ems"

What catalog?

Rob[/quote]


The 4850 Exterior is self priming, but it also imparts a slight sheen of itself.
Since you will be using the reflective ingredients, and both water and Poly, you can use 1080 with absolutely no concerns


For BOC, if you have a taunt stretch to the BOC, I suggest Rolling on the initial "priming" coat. Actually, using a quart of 4850 for that purpose makes a lot of sense. Rolling on the initial primer coat helps avoid the "fuzzies' that often occur when spraying the initial coats of paint onto BOC. After you roll, simply sand the surface with very light strokes and get ready to spray.


I don't advise that you try to reduce the mix by any more that 1/2 the listed amounts and ratios. Yeah, there will be some left over, but not so much as to be distressing or wasteful.


That's a Killer Deal. But the DD does have a wider nozzle opening and uses a larger Needle. This because they want to make the Gun output more paint, and also be able to use thicker paints.

Everything about spraying technique changes when you use the DD. You have to move faster, be slightly further away, and tinker with the amount of water that needs to be mixed in as opposed to when you use the normal Wagner CS.

I myself purchased a Control Spray Plus, which is even more powerful than the DD and has the same larger nozzle. But I also had a couple of older Wagner CSs about so by substituting the smaller CS nozzle onto the DD, I got increased air flow and a significantly larger pattern, but also the fine atomization of the older CS, and a more controllable output.

I still had to increase my speed across the surface a bit, but with the taller pattern I found myself simply flying through the job.

The best of both? Get that Control Spray for that excellent price, but go here:
http://www.gleempaint.com/control-spray-frontend.html

And get the extra Front End assembly. Do so, and you'll not just get an extra paint Cup and Spray head, the Nozzle it comes with is the smaller type.

If you check on the Gleems site, you'll see that the Wagner CS is selling for what you can get the DD for, so your deal is a good one. But also, if you purchase the Wagner CS on Gleams, then you don't need the extra nozzle.

It comes down to this; if you want a Wagner that will service more jobs than just painting a Screen and some Furniture, get the DD and the extra Nozzle.

Whichever route you take, be absolutely sure to check back with me on here or via PM for last minute additions or revisions as to the best spraying technique for the Gun/Nozzle choice and how much to thin the RS-Maxxmudd.

The "Self Leveling" feature is redundant when one sprays on such thin coats instead of rolling on thicker ones. However the VOC content of the 4850 is considerably higher being an "Exterior" paint. (...not that such ever stopped me before...)

Your going to mix up a higher gain version of RS-MaxxMudd so I'd exchange the paint.

Thanks for the help, I will check back with you before I paint.

Rob[/quote]

Sawrite.