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   RickL | Oct 15, 2008 03:19pm | #1

   Most paints can be sprayed with proper thinning or the proper equipment. Call your local paint store. This includes latex, oil based paint and such. Probably just down the street from you. Pretty simple task.

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   BillBrennen | Oct 15, 2008 08:53pm | #2

   A good additive for oil paints is Flood's Penetrol. Their Floetrol product does the same thing for latex paints. Both products enhance flow-out and leveling to help eliminate orange peel.

   Bill

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   byhammerandhand | Oct 16, 2008 02:17am | #3

   The world is pretty much your oyster, including pigmented lacquers and acrylic w/b finishes. Personally, I'd stay away from oil-based paints because they don't dry fast enough, meaning wet droplets are going to be drifting around, landing wet, then curing vs. drying in air and landing as dust.

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   rabin | Oct 16, 2008 02:45am | #4

   Now your'e talking.   The problem is where to source these products in Toronto Canada.   The normal paint stores have no knowledge on this.   It has to be a commercial source ?

   Edited 10/18/2008 2:59 pm ET by rabin

   Edited 10/18/2008 3:00 pm ET by rabin

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   wghulley | Oct 16, 2008 06:10pm | #5

   I buy my finishing products from McFaddens who carry the ML Campbell line of finishes. Their head office is located in Oakville. Give them a call to see what they can do for you.

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   honda | Oct 16, 2008 08:39pm | #6

   Try General Finishes acrylic water based finish. Any color from Ben Moore color chart. Sprays well. Can order on line from Generalfinishes.com
   Hope this helps.

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   Al from Unionville | Oct 17, 2008 01:26am | #7

   Hi Rabin. I went through this last year. I found that Yorke Towne in Scarborough is very helpful. They are set up to sell to professionals rather than as a retail store and thus only sell by the gallon or larger quantities. I am a hobbyist and they sold product to me. I was particularly looking for sprayable water borne lacquer, both clear and tinted.
   I also have used Wood Essence (http://www.woodessence.com). I believe that they are out of Saskatoon but they ship to a warehouse in Mississauga and you can pick up your order there. The warehouse has certain stuff in stock so there is no delay. They carry Target products (again I was looking for water borne product). / Al

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   rabin | Oct 17, 2008 04:11am | #8

   Thanks  To all for the quick and helpfull info.   I would be interested to here from you guys as to the results  youv'e all had using the products versus the  standard paint which has been thinned for spraying

   Thanks again for the advice

   Edited 10/16/2008 9:25 pm ET by rabin

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   Al from Unionville | Oct 18, 2008 04:10pm | #9

   Hi Rabin,
   I started looking for a source of water borne sprayable coatings because thinning the products that I could get at the normal outlets was not working well. You should note however that I wanted to only use water based or water borne products for both environment / health reasons and for safety reasons. I spray in my basement shop.
   My spray system couldn't handle thinned latex when I needed a tinted coating for cabinets.
   The water borne lacquers have worked very well (I have used both the ChemCraft and Target products). Probably the final surface is not 100% as fine a coating as is possible with solvent based finishes but looks very good to my eye and clients have never mentioned any negatives. Viscosity is of course very important and in the case of ChemCraft I had to experiment for a while to zero in on the viscosity that worked for me (the data sheet did not give any direction).
   I have also used the Target water borne shellac successfully.
   In summary I believe that I will only be using these or similar products for spraying in the future. / Al

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   rabin | Oct 18, 2008 10:21pm | #10

   Hi Al,

   I just realized that where around the corner from each other.   I'm in Thornhill ( I take it your'e in Unionville - Ontario- Canada) ...    I have been spraying in my Garage and as such have only been able to in the summer when there is not too much humidity.   Much to restrictive.   My shop is in the basement and as such I would like to be able  to spray year round. ( Hence the need for good high quality Waterborne coatings)for HVLP spraying.   I am also looking for some good extraction fans to bring air in/out  the shop.  It sounds like you have had quite a lot of experience with this.   I would like to have a coffee with you and learn a little bit more.    I often go to Starbucks on Main Street  ?

    

   Thanks

   Rabin  L

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   rabin | Oct 18, 2008 10:27pm | #11

   Al, I forgot to ask this.   I thought these paints designed for spraying could be used straight from the can and did not need to be thinned,only needed to use the right needle/tip combination  thus eliminating the need to worry about the viscosity?

    

    

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   Al from Unionville | Oct 19, 2008 06:27am | #12

   Hi Rabin,
   I think that I agree with your comment about coatings not generally needing to be thinned. But for whatever reason a batch of tinted WB lacquer went on the test board poorly and when I tested it had a viscosity around 180 which was surprising to me. I thinned it down to around a 67 viscosity to get what I wanted and have since gotten in the habit of checking and recording the viscosity each time I spray.
   As to your previous thought about getting together for a coffee why don't you e-mail me at [email protected] and we can pick a time. I am actually quite new to spraying but would be glad to talk about I have found out. / Al