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Protecting the Work Area from Overspray

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Wrought Iron Fence PAINTING Tips

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Protect the surrounding areas from paint overspray using a combination of cardboard shields and rosin paper. For the bottom rail of the fence, especially where it meets the ground or grass, carefully slide cardboard shields underneath. These are particularly effective in tight spots where traditional drop cloths might be difficult to position. On the adjacent sidewalk or concrete, roll out 4-foot wide rosin paper to cover the surface. Use a tape dispenser and Frog Tape to secure the paper where needed, especially for any specific masking requirements. This multi-layered protection is vital to prevent oil-based paint from adhering to unwanted surfaces, even when using sprayers designed for low overspray.

Goal: Prevent paint overspray from affecting surrounding surfaces.

Tools and materials

  • 9-inch Paper — Masking smaller, specific areas if needed
  • Cardboard Shields Trimaco — Sliding under the fence to catch drips and overspray
  • Frog Tape — Masking and securing protective paper
  • Rosin Paper Trimaco — Rolling out on concrete surfaces for broad protection
  • Tape Dispenser Frog Tape — Efficiently applying masking tape to secure paper

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got to be putting cardboard shields and stuff underneath this fence because i don't want to get any overspray we're going to be spraying the um fence all the top coat with an hvlp sprayer so um just come right along and we're going to be working on this and you can see some tips and tricks and i'll show you what i'm doing as i go and talk about it as i go any of the tools that we're using or a lot of the tools we're using in our videos or down in the video description below if you want to get more information about those tools or products don't forget if you enjoy our videos hit the subscribe button hit the notification bell that way you get notified every time i come out with a new video it's free simple easy to do it doesn't cost you anything just click click if you hit the subscribe button and not the notification bell it's not going to do you or me any good let's get on with the fans right some of the tools and products i'm going to be using on this fence once again i'm using oil-based uh industrial rust-oleum i'm using a rusty primer for the priming i don't have to prime the entire fence but then i'm going to be top coating it with a gloss black i've got just a simple wire brush i've got a few really rusty spots i'm going to be wire brushing i'm using an ekasan 3x4 sander with foam sanding pad just the three by four sanding pads and these are a medium grit sanding pad right here so this makes the sanding process pretty fast and easy i'll be using um i'll be using just a little weenie roller just to do the priming right here and then i'll use another weenie roller after we spray the top coat to do any touch-ups with a bucket a two gallon buckets i've got a um an apollo precision five uh um hvlp sprayer that i'm gonna be using with a 77 atomizer gun right here to do the spraying and one reason why i like using an hvlp sprayer when doing um fences like this versus a um airless sprayer is significantly less overspray on this fence this entire fence i'd probably use you know one gallon maybe two gallons with an airless sprayer i'd probably use seven gallons because of the amount of overspray that it causes and then obviously protecting for overspray an hvlp sprayer you can dial it in very small and spray all these little pickets um and or spindles with very minimal overspray and that's really important with an oil-based product also got cardboard shields to stuff underneath my um underneath my my um fence right here it's harder to get drop cloths it's a…

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