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Prepare Spray Environment and Workpiece

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How to Spray Flawless Kitchen Cabinets | Pro Finish with Apollo HVLP Sprayer

What happens here

Before painting, properly prepare both the workpiece and the spraying environment. Begin by thoroughly wiping down the cabinet door with a microfiber cloth to ensure a dust-free surface. Set up a dedicated spray booth or a temporary enclosed area using plastic sheeting, which helps contain overspray and keeps the air clean. Use a hanging system, such as a custom-built rack, to suspend the cabinet doors, allowing for easy access to all sides and efficient vertical spraying. Ensure proper ventilation within the spray area, and consider the learning curve associated with vertical spraying. The presenter shares his personal experience of fixing initial runs by sanding and re-shooting, emphasizing that imperfections are correctable with the right products and techniques.

Goal: Create a clean, contained, and well-organized environment for spraying, and ensure the workpiece is free of contaminants.

Tools and materials

  • Hanging Spray Rack Custom-built — Suspending cabinet doors for vertical spraying
  • Microfiber Cloth — Cleaning the workpiece before painting
  • Respirator — Protecting against inhalation of paint fumes and atomized particles during preparation and spraying
  • Spray Booth or Plastic Sheeting — Containing overspray and creating a controlled painting environment

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to thin out your products. Uh you don't have to thin them out at all if you're using them in a cup. So, you've seen me spray this door right here. I typically hit the bottom first. Now, you have the option. I, you know, if the door is short enough, like a drawer, I'll hold it up and spray the bottom, you know, held up. If it's too long or I can't do that, I'm going to face it towards my vent. And I'm going to get down and I'm going to spray two passes on the bottom. Then, I'm going to spray my two sides. I'll spray in my top. And then I'll begin spraying my two faces. Now, I got everything dialed in. I'm just going to be working with it. Started working with it on my booth to get, you know, set up where I wanted. My first door, uh, I sprayed it pretty heavy. Thought it was coming out too fast and I got it like kind of hanging down on the corners. Made some adjustments. Set it up to spray a little bit less. I got it dialed in just the way I want. One of the great things about a 2K poly one or 2K polyurethane or even Ren or 851 is if you get runs, uh, don't panic. So, one of the things about this system is is you're spraying hang and it might take some time to learn. You might get some runs, but runs are easy to fix if you're using the right products. If you're using I don't use lacquers anymore. Lacquers would sand really easy, but 2K polyurethanes, it's going to it'll be dry within an hour. I can mechanically sand it with my Egas 3x4 sander if I get a run on it and then reshoot it. So, don't panic if you get runs. Now, speaking from experience, you know, I did shoot um all my doors on a set of um cabinets once and I hung them out here other portion of my garage epoxy floor. Went out there an hour later and they're dripping all over the floor, every one of them. Uh and it was all fixable. It all sanded right out and I had to make some adjustments. The product was uh tented in the wrong base. It caused the product the product to not hang properly. But um needle tip uh nozzle cap size all makes a difference. So once again, this is a cap. This is a BHS cap. So um B high solids cap 1.5 needle nozzle set. So I'm going to show you what it looks like. My setup. I hang everything just hung, you know, right here. Got my uh respirator. Uh when I'm teaching, I typically don't wear the respirator. I always, you know, spray with my respirator. I'm going to put it on. We'll show you what uh spraying this door looks like as part of your PSDR, you know, system that you…

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