Cellulose v 2 pack

I've sprayed 2 cars sometime ago using 2 pack paint, the finish was superb apart from the odd run. Anyone sprayed with Cellulose  and if so how do you go about it/

2 pack to hard to get hold of now a day

but so far im happy with the cellulose finish even thou Im told never been as good as 2 pack

I was under the impression that it is cellulose that is becoming hard to get hold of. I obtained 2-pack no problem at all, from my local paint factors. I know 2-pack is giving way slowly to water-based paint, for the professionals, driven by the health and safety concerns, and this stuff I gather is a bit beyond the DIY person at present.

In my limited experience, cellulose needs to be thicker than 2-pack in the gun in order not to run, and even then is more prone to it, and is also more prone to orange peel.
2-pack was brilliant - thin, so easy coverage with no orange peel, goes off quickly, chips less easily when dry, shines better.

BUT, despite what you may hear, 2-pack is dangerous stuff. No filter mask on the market, even the best 3M ones, is approved for 2-pack, and you therefore need an air fed mask. I have a 3hp 14cfm compressor and it won't drive both a mask and the gun, which means you need quite a bit of equipment to do it safely. If you want to scare yourself into living a long life, spend an hour on the 'net doing your own research…

Oh, and you need to make sure everything is well covered and masked if using 2-pack, as the overspray doesn't dry before landing on your nice shiny car/bike/furniture etc like cellulose. It lands, sticks and then dries, leaving you with a problem…

Hope this helps…

well I couldnt have put it better myself

What he said chaps lol

im goign to stick to cellulose and be happy its more than enought for my baby. Maybe in the future ill get a professional job done.

In the past I sprayed 2 pack, but in did it outside in the garden and not in the garage. I did get a few problems, one was that the paint went from glossy to flat when the temp. dropped the other was orange peel, but when I flatted  the paint (had to wait a day) and sprayed it again it came up a real pro job.

I'm not going to chance my health again so will go for the celli option. I might even use cans as it just for the boot area.

golf1 said

I might even use cans as it just for the boot area.

Treason!   

well if your an olympic glue sniffer then 2pack is the way to go that stuff rocks