acrylic thin coat

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hi everyone, gotta do a thin coat job, never sprayed that before as only done monocouche thro the ritmo, do I need a different gun etc and is it a case of just pour in and spray. comments please , cheers in advance Clive:rolleyes)
 
You want the swing gun pal. And probably the big compressor LK402 the Ritmo on board compressor is too small for acrylic so as far as I am told
 
Is it a large job with big areas or a domestic property with small areas, if its the latter I would just trowel the topcoat on, spraying is very messy and needs a lot of masking and covering up, the stuff gets everywhere, not to bad when you have big areas as it does save a lot of time.

plasterJFE is correct you will need a seperate compressor and different gun for this, the same as bobby is selling, you will probally need a remote lead to to turn the ritmo off when you stop spraying too if you have not got one already.
 
Is it a large job with big areas or a domestic property with small areas, if its the latter I would just trowel the topcoat on, spraying is very messy and needs a lot of masking and covering up, the stuff gets everywhere, not to bad when you have big areas as it does save a lot of time.

plasterJFE is correct you will need a seperate compressor and different gun for this, the same as bobby is selling, you will probally need a remote lead to to turn the ritmo off when you stop spraying too if you have not got one already.

it is a domestic, largest elevation is probably 40m2, would a 2 and 1 gang be able to top coat that with ease ?
 
If your up to speed and the temp is not too hot, you should do the largest area on the coldest possible day (no rain of course), maybe get a very early morning start when there is moisture in the air and no sun on elevation, if its hot and the suns on it you have no chance
 
it is a domestic, largest elevation is probably 40m2, would a 2 and 1 gang be able to top coat that with ease ?

What product is it ? Some skin quicker than others.

You should manage that no problem
Your talking about 45 mins to drop a 40m panel with 3men
 
What product is it ? Some skin quicker than others.

You should manage that no problem
Your talking about 45 mins to drop a 40m panel with 3men

its krend tc15 at the moment, what are the best ones cus I haven't done thin coat before, seen it done and looks pretty straightforward, like everything if you are a half decent spread you should be able to master most things. do you use HP12 for the backing ? any other tips would be greatly appreciated :RpS_thumbup:
 
What product is it ? Some skin quicker than others.

You should manage that no problem
Your talking about 45 mins to drop a 40m panel with 3men

i used Jub Nano last week and that skins fast! Faster than any other I have used.
 
Elastomeric textures do skin quick. Probably the same for nano.

We did an NHS building in a deep pastal blue elastomeric flex texture. It was literally seconds to work with before it scared up. Awful.
 
ive recently done a jet black with enewall acrylic it was skinning just about on application, due to the humidity
 
Is it unworkable once it skins??

I heard a tip the other day of a guy who done my training, he said you can spray it with a little water with one of them pump-able spray bottle along the line your joining on to, when your dropping down lifts if it's drying out, I might give it a try in my garage in the next few days, he said just spray 150mm on line your joining on to.

looks crap if it does dry out we had a job recently which we had to recoat because it looked crap as it dried to quick,

we normally work as a 4 man team 2 guys on each lift, one laying on one rubbing up and the 2 underneath doing the same but slightly staggered back by about 6ft
 
If the person on the plastic trowel leaves his trowelling about six inches short of the finished line left by the person applying it between scaffold lifts then when u apply it from below you are not laying fresh into a finished joint. Less chance of a joint marketing
 
$hit I'm using that next week, not used the nano yet only use their acrylic and silicone !

I was lucky that it was a bungalow. But two putting on with me immediately behind them and then a 4th 2 mins behind me finishing. Droppings on sheets was like chewing gum 5 days later. Never used anything like it but certainly sticky and elastic.
 
or you could get around most of the problems by Spraying the topcoats.... you can spray in the sun... can do large area with 2/3 people also you can stop if needed and spray back into your last area another day.

lots of taping and wrapping up but a uniform finish with out so many restrictions.

Its not a easy as it looks to get a good finish but then the same goes for hand applied. Many people allow this to go flat all over !
 
when u spray it do u have to use a plastic trowel on it. or can u just leave it.
 
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Sorry but that ain't right, of course its different, you don't need trained eyes to tell the difference, just eyes.
 
I never said it was exactly the same.... I did say it looks very similar. We have had lots of people come in who can not tell the difference. The only way it looks different is probably looking better and slightly more stippled.

If you got a member of the public to say which one was machine applied and which was hand applied they would not be able to tell the difference. We have had them in here to show this as well.
 
It's different, the man on the street would know the difference alright if you sprayed half his house and float finished the other.
 
Yes of course he would. Bit of a strange comparison as that would never be done.

If you sprayed one house and then sprayed another you wouldn't notice the difference if both have been applied correctly.

You can always still rub the Top Coat up when machine applied but you don't need to.

The difference is barley noticeable.
 
I have done both ways and to be honest I prefer it trowel applied and rubbed up with a float, close up you can tell the difference, from the street it looks the same, both ways require to be done correctly, if it's a crap spray you can tell and if it's a crap float you can tell, but to say the machine will do it better is not entirely true, it's all down to the individual who applies it like most things.
 
I have done both ways and to be honest I prefer it trowel applied and rubbed up with a float, close up you can tell the difference, from the street it looks the same, both ways require to be done correctly, if it's a crap spray you can tell and if it's a crap float you can tell, but to say the machine will do it better is not entirely true, it's all down to the individual who applies it like most things.

Very fair point, the machine can only do so much. its the guy on the end of the Gun who makes it a good job!
 
I have that compresser and the pft jetset gun for sale if interested?
New but never used.
You still got the jetset gun for sale ? I have a few large gables I want to basecoat and wouldn't mind doing it with Ritmo as my gun is now broke and got pieces missing (bloody labourers) if so give us a bell on
07866731645 cheers
 
You still got the jetset gun for sale ? I have a few large gables I want to basecoat and wouldn't mind doing it with Ritmo as my gun is now broke and got pieces missing (bloody labourers) if so give us a bell on
07866731645 cheers
I have a few jobs now where I might give it a go so gonna keep hold for a minute now
 
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