As you'll see in the other thread, I painted the kart. Sorta. Well, I changed its color.
Here's some notes....
I'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to happen, but I mixed the Rustoleum with about 20% acetone. Poured it into the spraygun, and the minute I hooked it up to my compressor, the air started shooting without me pulling the trigger! When I did pull the trigger, the paint came out. I'm not sure if the air is supposed to be always on, but that forced my little compressor (2hp/5gal) to barely keep up. I had to disconnect the gun a couple of times, just to build up enough psi. It's pretty easy to go from, "That looks about right" to "Oh CRAP, it's running!"
Luckily, this is just a gokart with the biggest surface being a 2 1/2" square tube.... If this were the hood of my car, I'd be screaming right now.
I now know the value of a big compressor.
The paint itself is awesome. This stuff would stick oil to teflon! It kinda reminds me of something like Battleship Grey paint, except in different colors.
Will I use a gun again? Not likely. I think the guns are for big projects. I used Rustoleum Protective Enamel on the wheels (rattlecan) and it sticks pretty darned good. The light-blue parts on the clutches were done with Duplicolor Engine Enamel, and I've pretty good luck with that. (my blue ATC was done with the engine enamel)
All in all, I just wanted to "get through it" after finding out that my painting skills SUCK.
... this crap is still on my hands, even after acetone, scrubbing with scotch-brite pads and straight Dawn! So I think it's a success.