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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 501958" data-attributes="member: 4972">I decided to try my hand at shooting paint today.  I watched a number of videos, until I felt I had the basics down.  Pulled out my $9.99 HFT spray gun and screwed on a secondary filter:[ATTACH=full]115971[/ATTACH]Mixed about 6 oz. of paint with a bit of hardener and added acetone as a thinner.   It might rain this afternoon, so I wanted a quick dry time.    I loaded the gun and got the pattern right on a cardboard box.   I was as ready as I was going to be.I shot the first coat... WOW, that was fast.  It probably took less than a minute.  I let it flash off for a couple of minutes then shot another coat.  MAN, this is just too easy.   I ended up shooting 4 coats total, making sure I had good paint thickness.  Satisfied, I broke it down and cleaned out the gun carefully.It was somewhat anti-climatic, but in a good way.    Set up and cleanup took longer than the actual painting.Pretty boring, but here is the painted transom.  Looks the same as it did when primed, except there is shine to the paint, instead of being flat.[ATTACH=full]115972[/ATTACH]Something that surprised me is that the paint was dry to the touch after I cleaned up the tools, maybe a half hour later.   Yes, this is MUCH better than using rattle cans.So this ends the transom repair part of this project.</blockquote>