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Self texturing paint for metal

I paint machinery I use polane paint and make it texture but it is not consistent if anyone knows of a good texture paint let me know. Thank you very much

Rick Williams
shop employee - Gastonia, North Carolina
2007

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First of two simultaneous responses --

This isn't the answer you were looking for, but weren't the techs at Sherwin Williams any help to you? They are manufacturers and you are already using their products.

Sheldon Taylor
supply chain electronics
Wake Forest, North Carolina
2007

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Second of two simultaneous responses --

Matching a basecoat/texture process is nearly imposible with a self texture paint. Please realize that obtaining a consistent texture is more of an art than a science. If the texture size is very small, you maybe able to get away with a self texture.

Izzy Gutman
- Edison, NJ
2007

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Polane paint has been around for many years and is one of the most forgiving paints available. It sprays nice and is very easy to setup textures. I sprayed Polane myself for many years on office and computer equipment with great success. I question what your difficulty is when attempting to texture with Polane. When I setup my texture patterns, I would use a texture chip that I had previously sprayed so I knew what size and hight texture to spray when I did the job again. Can you give us more to go on?

Bob Utech
Benson, Minnesota
2007

I have dealt with many textured paints applied to various metal substrates. Virually every major paint company sells them. Some contain a texturing material, others the chemistry within the paint gives the texture (crystal kote).

Ron Zeeman
Coil Coating - Brampton, ON, Canada
2007