Colin Bidwell from Paintshack was contacted by a client to paint three large, bespoke, ledge and brace doors for use externally on a garage. The client wanted a high-end black gloss finish which needs four coats of paint to properly protect them against the weather. The paint application method which Colin chose was to use the WAGNER FineCoat 9900 Plus HVLP paint sprayer.
Colin first coated them with a primer, knot sealer product to prevent any bleed from the knots in the doors. He then applied a black primer and allowed it to dry. Any holes in the doors were then filled, once dried he sanded the surface ready for the next paint application. This was another black undercoat, once this was dry the doors were keyed and the final black top coat was then sprayed to finish the doors.
Colin commented, “Typically, painting a door like this with a brush, particularly a ledge and brace one takes about 20 mins per side including a little prep. As there were two sides per door with four coats of paint, the actual paint application using a brush would have taken me approximately five hours”. Colin managed to spray the four coats of paint on both sides in just over an hour using the FineCoat 9900 Plus HVLP sprayer.
He added “The drying time is also a lot quicker. The paint was kept warm before it is sprayed, and you apply just the right amount of paint to cover the surface. Therefore, the time it takes to dry between coats is significantly reduced. This makes a massive difference to the amount of time which the entire job takes to complete. This allows me to complete the job quicker and the customer to receive their doors back sooner, meaning everybody is happy”.
