Painting a booth, what to use?

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  • Collin
    June 18, 2012 at 10:14 am #37299

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    sorry for the pics but its all I had for a camera, but question is what would be my best bet for painting this old boot, there were lots of chips I sanded out and some bare steel in places, would it be best to seal up some of those spots? Any info or direction would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks

    Collin
    June 18, 2012 at 10:22 am #37300

    ok no pics I guess not sure how to post

    Ben Hart
    June 18, 2012 at 4:56 pm #37302

    I just painted our booth, I used U-Tech 3.5 Polyurethane. In other shops we have used similar products.

    I would think any decent 2k single stage paint would be great. Use whatever you have available on the bare metal. I assume you will apply booth coating after the paint cures, so it really doesn’t matter what it looks like, as long as its clean, white and durable.

    Collin
    June 19, 2012 at 12:24 am #37306

    thanks for reply Ben, did you apply just 1 coat, I feathered out any scratches or chips and some areas have some very dark spots from over spray do you think these will bleed thru? I buzzed it all down with 120grit, also im guessing you would suggest booth coating, is that the clear film that just rinses off with water?

    Thanks

    Ben Hart
    June 19, 2012 at 3:13 am #37308

    Prep the booth with whatever grit it takes (sand scratches showing aren’t an issue). Basically feathered out the nasty spots and used the grinder in a few areas. I didn’t have a lot of dis-coloured areas after sanding and not a whole lot of bare steel, so I just spot primed with aerosol primer, then 2 coats of colour. Takes no time at all to spray.

    Yeah, booth coating is that clear film you hose off…

    Rick Kubicki
    July 21, 2012 at 4:18 pm #37680

    I like the peelable white booth coating, cant remember the brand but it’s about 200 per 5 gallons. we recoat about every 4-5 years. It doesnt peel off too good because the booth walls were really rough before the first time coating it, but it does peel off once the coating gets pretty thick. we just sand and recoat over the old.

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