Spray painting

[Scott Hartford]

Someone asked me the other day about spray painting a door and I suggested he use a fat cap to get good coverage and he looked at me like a meatball in onion soup. I guess fat caps are not common knowledge...I have a friend who is a grafitti artist by profession (on canvas, not bridges and train cars...) and years ago showed me his selection of "caps" (spray nozzles for paint cans). Artist brushes come in many styles and so do caps. Sometimes just having an unclogged one can save the day. There are many to choose from and the "fat caps" work particularly well when you need good coverage with a wide spray pattern so you don't get stripes and can cover large surfaces quickly. Some of the bigger fat caps can empty a can very quickly! Here is a link to a good place to get them: http://www.grafcaps.com/    Just another tool you may need....

[john e. holliday]

When it comes to doors and furniture, I still use a brush.   Spraying for me is doing the model planes in color and final clear coats.

[Avaiojet]

Scott,

I've actually produced some 4' x 8' images of graffiti art from photos supplied by a customer. Never worked on walls because I never did what you would call Graffiti. The only walls I ever worked on had advertising or lettering and I was paid for it.  

Here's one example done ages ago.

Anyway, having never worked with graffiti paint aerosol cans before, it was interesting that the local supplier had the stuff locked up!

Locked up because it was quite common, so they said, that the graffiti artists who purchased the products, made attempts to get them for free.

Now, you may say, so what? And that's understandable. But in all the years I've been frequenting artist supply houses, well over 40, I've never seen any art products locked up in screen enclosers.

Graffiti artists, go figure!

Thanks for this Thread and that source, you've got me thinking!  

Charles

[Joshua Harel]

Scott
Have you or anyone you know used these caps with commercially available aerosol paint cans to paint a model? I would think that if this fat cap produces a spray pattern similar to a spray gun it may be a possible, economic substitute?
Joshua

[Scott Hartford]

I use them with Rustoleum and they do spray very well. There are many varieties that spray different patterns so a little experimenting will be in order...

[Joseph Patterson]

        Thanks Scott for posting this great information. I went to the website and ordered a sample pack to try.
           Doug