Orange Peel with sprayed lacquer


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Old 06-07-16, 03:24 PM
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Orange Peel with sprayed lacquer

I am spraying a water based lacquer by Tower Products using an Earlex HV5500 HVLP sprayer. I have watched all the videos and think I am doing the right things, but still am getting orange peel. Temp is 75 - 80 degrees and humidity is 60%.

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Old 06-07-16, 03:27 PM
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I've never used waterbased lacquer but orange peel is often caused by the coating being too thick, trying thinning it a little and see if it does better. You'll have to sand the orange peel smooth first.
 
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There should also be a setting to make the atomization finer... you may need to spray a little slower and I have found that you need to spray the waterborne coatings a little heavier than solvent based coatings. If it starts to turn milky that is usually on the edge of being too thick.
 
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Old 06-12-16, 08:20 AM
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Thanks

Thanks for the input. I have been experimenting and think I am developing the techniques.
 
 

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