paint between lam and hot coat???

General Discussion
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greetings all

quick question. can i spray acrylic between the lam and the hot coat, or will this cause problems? (bonding issues, paint running, future delamination?)

thanks guys (and girls)

brasco

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You can as long as it is a high quality product and it is not sprayed on too thick.

One of my favorites is called “Nova Color”. It costs more but you’ll know where

your money went when you shoot it… …good stuff.

The cheap paints will run, fisheye and chip away, which will result in much sadness…

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It has less texture if done on the sanding coat before gloss or a sealer.

Do a test panel first.

Have fun.

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brasco just use high grade product , the board should be finished to 150 grit by the sander ,after light sealer coat arond tape put the rest on wet not dripping wet just wet pull tape and lightly sand the edge of tape line to remove paint ridge. I let the board sit for a few hours when its hot weather

now we get to the main show getting the hot coat on with no sperration around the spray .

Ilike the mix hot I figger it should only takes 2mins to apply the coat Iallway make shore that my brush is super clean and dry ,nothing will move paint quicker than actone !

Putting 200 mil of resin the bucket I then add 10 mil of styrene now add a good 20mil of wax and styrene anther 10 mil of caterlist ster well.

allways wet your brush well in the resin apply with soft presure , reduce the resin as you complete your finial strokes .

if sepperation accurse add more wax to left ofer mix and go hard ,dont panic it only takes the one brush over to resolve the problem

Works for me , o by the way its 28 degrees here , so use that to compere to your temp. MILCH.

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i’m reading the book “Greg Noll: Art of the Surfboard” and in there he explains how he made certain boards. when he adds color to a foam board, he puts pigment in resin and uses a paintbrush to paint it on the board in between the lam and hotcoat. just throwing that out there as an alternative to using paint…

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Paint on foam or paint on the sanded hotcoat are the normal way to go about it. I personally like painted hotcoat, with a gloss or sealer over it. Painting on the sanded hotcoat gives one the ability to clean-up any mistakes or remove it altogether if not pleased with the final paint job. try correcting a mistake on a lam(sticky mess). A sanded hotcoat is a smooth surface that makes application of the paint more even and color true. Much cleaner repair if dinged also.