is it ok to lay down all layers of cellulose in one session?

[jcbadger]

Hi

I'm going to spray cellulose top coat and wondering if its normal/ok to lay down all layers in one session - ie. one after another with flash off time in between instead of spraying a few coats - leaving it for a few days/ week to harden and then doing another round of layers. I've read that some people spray up to 7-8 layers to get colour depth and thickness for cutting back. With this number of layers in one session is there not a danger of cracking once the paint shrinks and hardens?

I've sprayed about 3 layers before in one session with aerosol cans, not a spray gun, and it cracked with primer showing through. Maybe spraying with a spray gun gives a more robust finish over aerosol cans as there's better atomisation and no propellants involved so maybe cracking is not so much of an issue (just a guess). Can anyone advise please. I would rather lay all the layers down in one session rather than fuss with separate sessions. Summer is ending so I want to finish painting as soon as poss before it gets too damp and cold.

thanks.

 

[the snooper]

you should have no problems doing that and the cracks you previously mentioned were more likely to be a reaction between paints or whatever was underneath

 

[Hog-Rider]

I sprayed my transit van with 4 layers of grey primer on a sunny hot day outside,quick rub down between coats then spray next coat,Quick rub again,Then i sprayed cellulose white paint 3 coats one after another,Little rub down between coats it had taken me a Saturday morning to spray paint my van and it looked good when finished cost me about £100 in paint...........I wonder how much a body shop would of cost to do it ??

 

[eil]

I sprayed my transit van with 4 layers of grey primer on a sunny hot day outside,quick rub down between coats then spray next coat,Quick rub again,Then i sprayed cellulose white paint 3 coats one after another,Little rub down between coats it had taken me a Saturday morning to spray paint my van and it looked good when finished cost me about £100 in paint...........I wonder how much a body shop would of cost to do it ??

Wow you prepped and sprayed a transit in a morning, did you do it to this background tune, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcNhDstL4-k&feature=related

 

[Hog-Rider]

I never sprayed the roof......Mrs did the masking up.........But yea finished it about 1.30..Transit 120 Mk5.