How long do you have to wait until the first coat of brush on floquil paint dries before you can safely brush on a second coat. I’ve waited a couple of days & the second coat softens the first coat & I end up with a real mess. I usually use an airbrush, but this was a small area & I thought I could save some time. I learned my lesson. Jerry
I coat paint one time on the project.
The project sits 7 days drying.
This goes for all paints, not just floquil. Dullcote and Glosscote too.
After that week, I sniff that paint. If I still smell odor I wait another week.
I do things very slowly. For me, that paint MUST dry between coats or I will screw it up.
I hand paint mostly. But use sprays and such for large areas.
Only certain paints like Tamiya Water Based paints you can safely repaint a second coat within one hour. But you need then to sit 2 days to dry it all.
Jerry,
Floquil drying time is also variable by color. For example, aged concrete will dry and take another coat in about 15 minutes. Engine black seem to take one’s natural lifetime. [:)] I think the sniff test proposed by SV is the best - if it still smells like paint, it’s not ready for a second coat.
I’ve never found that I had to do a second coat with un-thinned Floquil. One coat usually works fine because it’s good quality paint.
It depends on the color like Jim said. But for Floquil I like to wait a week if I want a quality paint job. But this is usually large things and not touchups. What colors were you using?
The “smell” test is always a good way to go. I’ve noticed that paint drying time also varies with your climate and elevation. When I’ve airbrushed Floquil at our place in Colorado (8200 feet), it dries quicker. This painting was done in the dry summer time. When I airbrush at our place in California (about 320 feet) it takes longer to dry, this was done in the wetter winter time.
Polly Scale is almost the opposite of Floquil. It dries too quickly for my tastes. And I hate airbrushing Polly since it does dry so quickly. Makes for a real difficult clean up of the airbrush afterwards.
Humidity is also a factor. I let my paint projects dry on top of the toilet in the laundry room, which is about 4-5’ away from our dehumidifier. I keep the room @ 50-55%. Floquil dries very nicely over night.
Tom
Another trick dependent on how old your stove is is to put it in the oven if you have a pilot light for 24 hours. Just make sure you put tape or something on the control so it doesn’t get “baked”. We won’t go into how I know that.
I guess the smell test is good if you can smell. Can hardly smell a thing. Guess I’ll have to find someone younger that can still smell. So, I guess I’ll wait a week or so…won’t be easy, I like to see things get done. Seems when anything sets around it gets damaged. Seems a squirel got in the house one day , ran thru the cellar joists & disloged a piece of scrap wood that fell directly on the roof of a 95% completed Westerfield box car. That is one of many. Jerry
Ouch! A squirrel destroying your Westerfield boxcar? I’d have to be out back with my Ruger 10/22 and see if I could pick off the little varmint. I mean, I don’t mind squirrels but, if they mess with my trains, they are headed for squirrel heaven. [}:)]
Somebody above mentioed drying time being (to some degree) a function of color. Over the years I have found this to be particularly true of silver paint. It seems to remain “tacky” to the touch for ages.
Some paints require tha you recoat within two hours. Krylon for sure. I’m wondering if that wouldn’t work with Floquil now. I’ve heard the formula for Floquil has changed since Testors bought the company,and its no no longer a toluol or xylene based paint for safety reasons. This statement is of course open to criticsm or correction. No name calling please.[:)]
Reklein, I’d agree. I may be getting dippy with old age, but Foquil just ain’t the same. I particularly notice that it doesn’t work nearly as well for brush painting as the old stuff did!
JBB