Spraying Varnish

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On my job list is revarnishing several locker & draw fronts-they can be removed quite easily and I'll take them home to do the work. Whilst I'm pretty good with a spray can I'm not so good with a brush.

I am therefore thinking of spraying at least the final coats to get a good finish-probably using an airless spray gun. However on looking in my DIY store and chandelry all the varnishes only give brushing as the application method. Any reason why I shouldn't spray varnish and if so anyone any brands they can recommend?
 
Contact the tech dept at International Paints, they'll give you all the info you need, BTW I will be doing the same thing over the winter.

Regds Nick
 
Airless spray guns come in two types:- electrostatic and high pressure (3000 psi). Both types produce results that are not as good as conventional air type spray. In addition although the high pressure airless is good at putting the paint or varnish on to the job (95%+ compared to 70% with air type) it does take a lot to charge the gun.
What type of equipment have you got?
 
i had some spoiled stuff on my bene, ii is a sprayed laquer type finish so i stripped it with nitro mors ,sanded it and then used a bog std wood stain to get the colour right, i then got some halfords clear laquer spray in an aerosol that is used to finish off metallic paint colour sprays, hey i tell you what the finish is indistinguishable from the original bene finish and no brush marks.
 
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"What type of equipment have you got? "

ohh I say !!

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As an engineer slaving away for a paint company I can lay my hands on all sorts of equipment!!

And you???????? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Or you could lay them all flat,roll on the varnish with a small roller and 'tip out' with a decent(ie£10)Purdey brush,one by one.Probably quicker than cleaning the spray equipment?
 
Varnish was never designed for spraying .... the later aerosol cans are more a lacquer base as normal varnish I don't think would spray well.

It was always to be "brushed" into the wood .... raising grain, light sand back, new brushed coat .... etc. etc.

Another post has said what I would also do .... stain to colour ... then use a poly lacquer spray finish ...

An airless spray gun - unless a Pro job will be too beady and coarse I reckon .... as most DIY such as Burgess etc. are IMHO designed for shed / fence spraying !! I know the Burgess I have .... I would never try to do any fine finish work with.
 
Spraying varnish is easy put the tin in a pan of water and boil it, its then thin enough to spray in any spray gun make sure you clean the gun out well afterwards
 
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