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Spray painting Tractol enamel paint

  • 27-05-2015 10:42pm
    #1
    Greenmotors
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    I bought a camper van last year that need a respray. I could not afford car paint and bought Tractol paint and rolled it on. I then sanded it flat and tried to spray it but it would not come out of the sprayer. I thinned the paint out with white spirits but I still could not spray it. What am I doing wrong am I using too small of a nozzle size.


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  • #2
    TrailerBob
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    Tractol paint needs special thinners, white spirit won't do the job. It's a xylene thinner. If mixed right it sprays quite well. I've used it for a few tractor restoration jobs with good results.

    As a matter of interest, how expensive is auto paint? Surely can't be that much more than tractor enamel..


  • #3
    Greenmotors
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Greenmotors


    TrailerBob wrote: »
    Tractol paint needs special thinners, white spirit won't do the job. It's a xylene thinner. If mixed right it sprays quite well. I've used it for a few tractor restoration jobs with good results.

    As a matter of interest, how expensive is auto paint? Surely can't be that much more than tractor enamel..

    Thanks for the reply Trailerbob. Just to clarify white spirits is xylene or I should use xylene? Car paint was working out about twice the price of Tractol. Can I ask the percentage of thinner you use?


  • #4
    sean1141
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    what type of spray gun are you using?


  • #5
    TrailerBob
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    Xylene thinners is different to white spirit. Tractol is a synthetic enamel, and needs the synthetic xylene thinner. You can buy it in the same place you get the tractol paint. It only requires about 5% in the paint for spraying.. too much and runs will be common. I spray it with a standard gravity feed spray gun and a 100l compressor.


  • #6
    Greenmotors
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Greenmotors


    TrailerBob wrote: »
    Xylene thinners is different to white spirit. Tractol is a synthetic enamel, and needs the synthetic xylene thinner. You can buy it in the same place you get the tractol paint. It only requires about 5% in the paint for spraying.. too much and runs will be common. I spray it with a standard gravity feed spray gun and a 100l compressor.

    Thanks for the help. I have a 200l compresser with a lidl hvlp gravity fed gun and a few older ones. All I needed now is some skill :.)


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  • #7
    michael999999
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    Greenmotors wrote: »
    Thanks for the help. I have a 200l compresser with a lidl hvlp gravity fed gun and a few older ones. All I needed now is some skill :.)

    If its one of the electric ones from aldi/lidl your wasting your time.

    There only meant for spraying decking stain and fence life.


  • #8
    Greenmotors
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Greenmotors


    michael999999 wrote: »
    If its one of the electric ones from aldi/lidl your wasting your time.

    There only meant for spraying decking stain and fence life.

    No its a proper spray gun to connect to compressed air.


  • #9
    sean1141
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    Greenmotors wrote:
    No its a proper spray gun to connect to compressed air.

    Have one myself.. they are OK for the price of them. Ideal for primer.


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