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electreffects:
I'm currently restoring an old Taito classic cab to an Elevator Action, and have my stencils ready to go, but I'm thoroughly confused about how to go about painting.
Here's my dilemma. I'm going for the orange/brown color scheme, which means on the side of the cab the background is orange and the detail is brown, but on the front of the cab the colors are reversed. Since I'm using stencils, I was assuming I have to spray both colors on, but I haven't found any color matches in spraypaint. For me to match the colors I need to get the paint mixed for me, which means using a latex paint from a bucket. But how do I spray that over the stencil?
Everything I read on these forums says not to use the airless sprayers, and I can't afford the big house paint sprayers from the Depot (Which would be overkill for such a small job anyway). I had even bought an automotive spray gun that can hook up to my compressor, but I was told latex paint was much too thick for it and wouldn't work.
So it seems to me that my only option is to roll the paint on with a foam roller, sanding in between coats. But can you roll paint over a stencil, and has anyone ever done so?

bkenobi:
If you thin the paint, you can use a sprayer to apply it.  Some sprayers don't need it thinned, but it might go on too thick and drip.  I saw a sprayer just yesterday at the hardware store that had a glass jar at the bottom and a CO2 canister/sprayer part that went on the top.  I've never tried it, but you just add paint to the jar and spray away (perhaps thinning it).  Only ~$20 for the kit and no compressor required!  Alternately, you could head over to Harbor Freight and see what they have.  My local HF is having a tent sale this weekend but I don't know if that's chain wide.

electreffects:
The sprayer I got is from Harbor Freight, but the paint guy at the Depot told me that normal paints are WAY too thick for that kind of sprayer. It's made for automotive paint. You couldn't thin normal paint enough for it to work. The kind of sprayer I would need is the kind made for painting large jobs with an agitator and feed hoses that cost a few hundred on the low end, not just an attachment you can hook up to a compressor. (Going on what I've been able to piece together from this and other forums, and the people at my local hardware stores.) Does this sound right to anyone?

Which is why I was wondering if anyone has tried rolling paint over a stencil. I think it would work, but I'm hoping somebody might know.

electreffects:
And I saw that same canned air sprayer at the store. It was next to the quarts of Rustoleum paint, which is an oil paint. I'll have to go back and see if it would work with latex, but if it does, it could work for me. I could roll on the background color and just use it to spray over the stencil.

mj147:
I found it best to just rent the equipment on small and or one time use projects that requires specialized tools  :D



mj147

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