Striping Question

Tried Striping on a picture frame that was painted with flat black rattle can. Painting with One Shot it seems to soak in and look a bit flat and bleed a bit. the areas where one color overlaps the other the stripe is thinner and it kinda looks like ****. any suggestions? or solutions?

 

Sounds like you've got your paint a little too thin. Try a little less reducer.

 

Practice on gl***, or at least a gloss surface.
Flat black looks good, not very forgiving.

 

You need a sealer coat over the black, the wood is absorbing your paint.

 

i don't use any reducer at all. just a dab of penetrol, and just enough to be able to pull a line with out it skipping.

Unkl Ian: I'm happy with the design and line quality, but the paint sorta crept out over the black. Where the white went over the red it looked fine. i kinda figured the flat black being a lacquer might want to soak up the one shot.

 

I'm with Doc on that one...its bleeding

 

Lets see some pics...

 

sounds like you thined it to much,and you should wait till one color is dry before going over with another color, to keep it from bleeding

 

NO THINNER just penetrol and just enought to keep it from skipping.

and trust me the color underneath was dry very dry it wast bleading into the other color that i striped it was the flat black that was the problem.

I'll post some pics tonight and how exactly do you "seal" flat black with out changing the sheen?

 

flat clear

 

what kinda flat clear?
every "flat" clear I've ever used doesn't even come close to the sheen of a flat black.
all the flat clears I've delt with alway turn out more of a semi-gloss or egg shell sheen.

 

Too much Penetrol will allow the paint to creep.
The problem will probably be worse on "flat" paint.

I only use Penetrol when it's stinking hot,
and High Temperature Reducer is evaporating too quickly.

 

well so much for the pictures. I said to hell with it and sanded it down today. I'll try straight thinner and see how it goes.

 

When you are crossing over another color slow down and put slightly more pressure on your brush to eliminate the line thinning out on you, or add your next color while your first is still wet. Also, I have found that some flat paints seem to be more porous and bleed out when painted on, use paint right from the can.Works for me anyway.

 

It's too god damn cold for paint straight from the can. I've tried the wet on wet stripping with really bad results the colors bleed together in a funky way and look like some '60s acid trip background painting.

 

Straight thinner no penetrol

 

worked alot better this time around. I'll keep that in mind no penetrol when striping at 60 deg.

 

Penetrol reduces the surface tension, and slows drying. A little is helpful sometimes.

 

yea when its hot and humid (april - sept. in missouri) I don't use any thinner at all.
Thanks for the help.