hot pot spraying whats up with that??

not being a painter or admitt to have a lot of older knowlege . i was speaking to a old bodyman who was talking about hot pot spraying a car. i asked him what he ment he said that they woul d take the paint and heat it on a hot plate to about 100 to 120 degrees and then spay it.
what the heck is with that i can see a possible bomb happening.
i could see the paint being thinned when warmer and that you would get a nice spray with the hot paint . would this also cause the paint to dry faster. i suspect this would have been with old enamel paints.

Just guessing but I bet it would reduce the chance of runs greatly.

it'll flow out better when it's warm.

Usta be an old body shop close to here that did that, I think the guy was spraying acrylic enamel, He never used thinner as the heat would thin the paint, stuff would flow out perfect and looked great, But I would think it's one of those "don't try this at home deals" (LOL)

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Originally posted by HWORRELL
Usta be an old body shop close to here that did that, I think the guy was spraying acrylic enamel, He never used thinner as the heat would thin the paint, stuff would flow out perfect and looked great, But I would think it's one of those "don't try this at home deals" (LOL)

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Yea.... These dayz' with new technology I'd think they'd just put the cup o' paint in the microwave...:)



No-No-No-...... I'm JUST KIDDING........ If yer' MAD mom calls I will deny ever saying that...HEHEHE:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

:HMMM: ;) :p :) :D

Get real pro... It doesn't change the fact that her microwave failed because of the Tweety Bird Yellow paint exploded all over the inside of it!

If i'm gonna use a spray bomb I'll put it in hot water for a little bit. Like they said, it makes it flow better

Course I should talk.. I stored(briefly) a sealed Thermos, full of dry ice in my mom's refrigerator..... Very bad idea...

It blew while I was at school. (junior high)

Blew all the racks out of the refer, most of the food made it to the living room. Eggs included!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

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Originally posted by kcress
Course I should talk.. I stored(briefly) a sealed Thermos, full of dry ice in my mom's refrigerator..... Very bad idea...

It blew while I was at school. (junior high)

Blew all the racks out of the refer, most of the food made it to the living room. Eggs included!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

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:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Good One:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
BTW: No tweety birds were harmed in this ''microwave paint warming'' feasibility study.

at first i thought i thought he was talking about electrostatic spray guns. (hot pot)

we have a roll coater at the aluminum company I work for and am proud to say we save TONS of solvent emissions per year by preheating the paint now and using LOTS less solvent for viscosity/dilution

When I had a bigger shop, one of my guys used to do the hot plate trick. Seemed to work.