1964 C10 Daily Driver/Restomod

[hank scorpio]

Originally Posted by MDPotter

I'm using SPI's Universal Clear with slow activator. I'm by no means experienced, I've got a run on almost every panel but I'm getting better with every panel and am planning on cutting/buffing when it's all put together anyway.

Nice! I've been spraying UV cured clear (and sealer) for the last few years and it literally transformed my business (guitar manufacturing). I've been using Hentzen UV poly and I love it. The name of the game for us in clear is build so I'm not as concrerned about having it lay down perfect with out orange peel (almost impossible since we can't spray one side at a time, we're always dealing with a 3D object with full paint coverage).

I've found that 2k urethane sprays a bit thinner and typically will lay down a little nicer than UV Poly but the speed and ability to cure runs and sags thru the entire material is so nice.

I'd say maybe consider either going up in tip size or reduce slightly. Sometimes it seems counterintuitive but I found when I was getting runs, reducing the material to flow out or spray thinner let me put LESS material on and get better coverage at the same time.

Guitars are also tricky because the really good guns are meant for spraying wide patterns so when you narrow down to work on something smaller, it's really hard to balance the flow with out it having one heavy wet path.