This is probably a question for martinsr, but you guys might know too. I have a quart of Zolatone spatter paint that I bought to repaint my trunk. Do I need a specific kind of spray gun to shoot it? I have a HV gun with a 1.3mm nozzle and I'm thinking that's too small an orifice. Also, should I remove the filter at the bottom of the paint cup to let the particles through?

Hi denis, I have not sprayed the zolatone myself. But i would say use a non hvlp gun with a larger tip than what you have and remove the screen on the paint draw tube. Set up a test panel and see what you have. I think this is what larry christianson uses, maybe he could offer some advice also. Roger

Actually, the paint is from Larry. There are some notes he provided suggesting a #30 gun tip or a body shutz gun. The shutz (sp?) gun sounds like a good idea but not sure how'd I would go about using it with a quart of paint -- doesn't the shutz container screw onto the gun?

I'm no painter, but I bought a quart of Larry's paint. My painter had trouble with it, and ended up using a sand blast gun, of all things! I'm not advocating that, but the results were good.

Larry's paint has more grey in it and a lot less spatter than my original spatter paint.

The body schultz gun is a screw on, and you would have to find a container. Also the schultz gun goes through lots of volume in a short time. Maybe a pressure pot paint set up with a large tip would work. Roger

One trick to make the splatter paint cover more even and without blotches,is to spray a light coat of 3M rubberised undercoating on the areas to be splatterpainted.Black paint should work the same.The darker color base seems to work with the splatterpaint better than light colors.

I sold Zolatone about 10 years ago and if I remember the only way to spray it correctly is with a pressure pot set up. You need to spray it first at a lower pressure to get it to splatter and then at a higher full atomization coat to cover and get the effect.
Scott