Tinting Zinsser BIN primer

[Prashun Patel]

I am making some theater props and need to paint a few things Hunter green. I have good luck spraying Zinsser BIN and Enduro Clear Poly. I have successfully tinted Clear Poly as a toner - even black.

The question is, what should I use as the colorant? Does anyone have a recipe for Hunter Green using Transtint, etc.?

[Prashun Patel]

Circling back to this.
I tinted the primer with transtint blue and green. From a white base getting anything darker than minty green is impossible.

But I found out that my 2 stage hvlp sprays latex pretty well. I was able to use the exact color I needed in latex, thinned about 10-15pct with floetrol.

I tried before doing this with my Fuji semipro 2 stage but had horrible luck. The new 3m pps cup system I am using with the Fuji however is very good. Even with my 1.3mm tip.

The cup system is really great for spraying any orientation and runs dry gracefully; the flow gets weaker at the end but never sputters as it did with the original cup. Oh yeah, and the disposable cup is great.

[John TenEyck]

Glad you are liking the 3M PPS cup system, Prashun. I had no doubt you would.

I just tinted some BIN pigmented shellac primer gray with black Cal-Tint UTC. Just as you related, you can't get it anything more than gray, but I knew that would be the case and was happy with what it gave me. The moral of the story is if you want paint, buy paint.

John