One of the next tasks is to paint the rocket. I’ve decided to use Two-Paks. I purchased some painting supplies from ColorTek in Cairns.

Two-pak paints – includes gas-can sprayer, Thinner, Primer and hardener.

I’m not sure what colours I want to paint the rocket, so I’ve had to delay the purchase of these.

Painting hardware

I was thinking that I would need to purchase a spray gun and compressor; however my wonderful neighbour has offered to loan me his. Initially thinking that I should use his for priming and purchase my own gun for the base coat and clear, but now thinking we might be able to use his Spray-gun for all coats. His spray-gun is 1.5 mm orifice which means it is sits between the 1.3 mm good for base paints and 1.7 mm which is good for Primers. So his spray gun should be suitable for all coats (primer, base coat and clear).

 

 

Having a practice run at painting

I decided to try doing a practice paint run using the Colorpak gas-can sprayer. Below are some photos of the results.

 

I will more then likely do a small test run on the day before I start painting the rocket – though I’m not expecting too many issues.