Spray Finishing by Andy Charron

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Spray Finishing by Andy Charron is not only your guide to giving your wood working projects a professional finish, it’s also your guide to understanding spray painting technologies, safety, application of various top-coats including lacquer, water and oil-based varnishes, and even contact cement. Spray Finishing offers benefits like quick application, high transfer efficiency, and a consistent finish, yet few have a solid understanding about the technique and even fewer have written about it. 

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You’ll find a variety of spray finishing systems on the market, making the process of selecting an appropriate system difficult for the novice woodworker. Spray finishing systems have three basic components – the spray gun, the finish container, and the power system. Yet the three components are really just the beginning and Andy Charron’s Spray Finishing gets right into the details. Spray Finishing discusses the differences between pressure, suction, and gravity fed tips, bleeder versus non-bleeder guns, and describes the details of internal and external mixing. In terms of air power, Spray Finishing covers compressed air, airless, and the newer HVLP (high volume, low pressure) systems in detail. Each aspect of the spray finishing system is described in detail based on the author’s direct working experience.

Spray Finishing by Andy Charron – Product Details

• Format: Paperback Or Kindle Edition
• Print Length: 116 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0024NLHW6

You may have heard that spray finishing using certain paints requires the use of a spray booth or dedicated spray room. Spray Finishing discusses spray booth lighting, filters, fans and motors, as well as the differences between wet and dry recovery systems. Spray Finishing also discusses the details of proper maintenance plus the details of setting up a dedicated spray room. This information, along with the details about spray finishing technologies goes a long way to helping boost a novice wood worker’s confidence in selecting the right spray system for their needs because it avoids a prescriptive approach, instead focusing on the benefits and drawbacks that help users make better informed choices.

Spray Finishing by Andy Charron – Reviews

One reviewer, a guitar maker, said the finish is one of the first things a customer looks at on a new instrument. He said Spray Finishing by Andy Charron will help you learn everything you need to produce an exceptional quality spray finish.

Another reviewer was in the market for an HVLP sprayer. He had been doing research for over a month. He talked to manufacturers and spray gun owners. Then he bought this book and discovered that Andy Charron started out as he did. He too was in the dark about spray equipment. That’s what inspired Andy to the write his book. This five star reviewer said this comprehensive Spray Finish guide gives you all you need to know about several types of spray painting equipment. He went on to point out that it zeros in on HVLP Sprayers. He said that thanks to this book he is now ready to purchase his spray unit. He finished up by saying, “Don’t pass it up!”

The author clearly favors HVLP (high volume, low pressure) for its transfer efficiency of about 66%. Transfer efficiency reefers to the amount of paint that ends up on your work surface after spraying. HVLP spray guns offer a high transfer efficiency of about 66% so more paint ends up on your project surface and less paint ends up vanishing into thin air. HVLP spray guns’ transfer efficiency is much higher than compressed air and airless systems because of the lower terminal velocity of atomized paint when it reaches your work surface. As a result, HVLP spray guns are considered to be safer and result in less pollution (and less lost paint).

Spray Finishing goes into great detail about system setups, including charts that have details about pipe diameters and lengths, recommended hose sizes, and the power requirements of a variety of systems. Basics like setting up a spray gun, including adjustments, thinning and filling paint, and cleanup are also discussed in detail – providing balanced full-project lifecycle coverage.

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The author’s experience with a range of spray gun technologies is apparent, and the author is one of the few people to put together a comprehensive, yet understandable and approachable guide that’s suitable for experienced and novice wood workers alike.   Spray Finishing by Andy Charron is an excellent companion guide on the path to expanding your wood working skill set.

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