Hello,
I was curious, when you have to brush white paint is there any easy way to get it not to streak or do you just have to try to make the streaks look uniform. I am trying to paint white on a set of shocks on my Ford Mustang and I let it dry for a day and looked at it and it was very streaky. I then tried repainting them and again had many streaks. Am I doing something wrong or perhaps skipping a step when preparing to paint white? Thanks for any help.
Jerry
White paint is perhaps the most difficult color to apply with a brush. Flat is less dificult than gloss. If it needs to be gloss, you may want to try using flat white, followed by Future (or your glosscoat of preferrance). Putting down a primer coat of light gray may also provide enough “tooth” for the white.
Hope this helps.
Pixilator has the scoop on that-flat white followed by Glosscoat. You can also try some wet or dry (wet) 400 or 600 sandpaper to remove some of the streaks (put a healthy base coat on first).
Thanks, I will give that a shot and let you know how it works.
Jerry
coldwater68 - over the years I have had a terrible time brush painting whites, light blues and yellows. I finally figured out that I got the best coverage by thinning the paint as much as possible, apply several thin coats (let em dry a minimum of 24 hrs between coats) and alternate stroke direction between coats. I’ve started experimenting using laquer thinner to thin with - paint seems to flow better and give better coverage. You might give that a try. [^]
When thinning the paint down for brushing add a little bit of retarder or leveling thinner(retarder included).
The retarder should get rid of the brush strokes and streaks and at the same it will prolong the drying process a bit.
BTW, this will work for BOTH hand-brushing and air-brushing.