My first thought was..."Wow this guy sprays like a first year painters helper."
I had something occur on a recent job that got me thinking. I layed out some overlapping stripes on a helicopter. One of which was going to be red the other two white. I have always thrown a shade coat down under 2 to 3 coats of red to influence the red, bright or shaded. So I figured I would go ahead and paint the white first. LIGHTLY. Mask the white and then spray the red stripe. LIGHTLY over the top. Now I have gotten away with this myself, but my employer sprayed the red while I let out to get some lunch. when I came back to unmask for clear we could see the white showing on the edge with the red laying on top. HEAVILY.
My first thought was..."Wow this guy sprays like a first year painters helper." Did the heavy coats of red swell the white underneath? Or am I the first year painter here? His argument is that once its covered, its covered, end of story. Mine... Red is a translucent color and I don't want film build. 5 light coats or 3 heavy coats? Whats your call?
Any one else ever do this?
It only took a little time to remask the stripes, bagg it and dust some red back over them, but the set back comes at the cost of some status and pride, as it was my idea to do the job in this order, my employer wanted to do the red first but against a blue base I thought the red would not stand out enough. Hence the white.
I had something occur on a recent job that got me thinking. I layed out some overlapping stripes on a helicopter. One of which was going to be red the other two white. I have always thrown a shade coat down under 2 to 3 coats of red to influence the red, bright or shaded. So I figured I would go ahead and paint the white first. LIGHTLY. Mask the white and then spray the red stripe. LIGHTLY over the top. Now I have gotten away with this myself, but my employer sprayed the red while I let out to get some lunch. when I came back to unmask for clear we could see the white showing on the edge with the red laying on top. HEAVILY.
My first thought was..."Wow this guy sprays like a first year painters helper." Did the heavy coats of red swell the white underneath? Or am I the first year painter here? His argument is that once its covered, its covered, end of story. Mine... Red is a translucent color and I don't want film build. 5 light coats or 3 heavy coats? Whats your call?
Any one else ever do this?
It only took a little time to remask the stripes, bagg it and dust some red back over them, but the set back comes at the cost of some status and pride, as it was my idea to do the job in this order, my employer wanted to do the red first but against a blue base I thought the red would not stand out enough. Hence the white.
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