To correct this, wet the brush with more solvent, and lightly brush it again until your paint run blends in perfectly (Photo 4). If your paintbrush does not have enough solvent on it the run will not soften but will tend to smear and look rough. It will take a little practice to perfect this technique, but it is very easy to master and will save countless hours of sanding and repainting. Using solvent to blend the run with the surrounding paint will leave a smooth, glossy finish. You need to brush lightly so you don’t expose the primer under the finish paint. Using a small artist’s paintbrush, dip the brush in John Deere paint thinner (Photo 2) and lightly brush the culprit runs.Īs you lightly brush the skinned over paint run with your solvent soaked brush, the solvent will soften the paint run and surrounding paint so you can blend the run into the paint around the run (Photo 3). If you are using a hardener with John Deere paint about five minutes will do the trick.
The first thing to do is just relax! It works best if you let the paint “flash off”, or begin to skin over. The second option is to simply take care of the run before the paint dries. Option one is to let the paint dry, then sand the runoff and repaint the part again which is time-consuming and expensive. So, there you are, spraying on a second coat of paint and things are looking good until … darn, there it is, a paint run (Photo 1). This little trick will work on both sheet metal and castings. Runs are just part of the game, even for professionals. Truth be told, it isn’t a question of if you will get a run, it’s a question of how many runs you will have. It’s a delicate balance to spray wet enough for a nice gloss and do it without runs. If you paint too heavy, or with too much paint versus air from your spray gun, you end up with runs in your paint. If you spray too lightly, and with too much air, the paint looks dry and dull. But getting that nice glossy paint is not such an easy task.
We may as well admit that we like our paint glossy and free of runs. This technique will also work on primer, but we will focus on finish paint here. This is a really small tip that will be a really big time saver. Well, it’s about time we deal with that pesky run-in finish paint.
Sono devastato solo pochi giorni fa è venuto a mancare Luciano e inoltre ho anche mio cognato in ospedale che ha poche settimane di vita, ora anche PHASE 2 ?✝️Cristo Santo in questi ultimi anni ho avuto a che fare con funerali e morte in una maniera disumana, mi sento il cuore preso a calci… che tu possa riposare in pace amico mio, ci siamo fatte tante belle chiacchierate fino alle 5 del mattino quando eri a casa mia, mi mancherai….Some time back in Green Magazine we covered how to deal with a paint run in primer paint and promised we would look into dealing with a paint run in finish paint. L’ennesima notizia che mi lacera il cuore, purtroppo è venuto a mancare la leggenda delle leggende colui che ha inventato l’aereosolart (graffiti) Phase 2 non è più tra noi, oltre ad essere stato un precursore dello spray ed un immenso artista era un mio fratello, un amico, un mentore, ha vissuto a casa mia un mese, lui era del Bronx NY ma spesso veniva in Italia, abbiamo fatto diversi featuring insieme, sia in Chief &Soci che nel Grande Bluff, inoltre è stato in tour con me negli anni 90 con il Comitato nella formazione live.