Bill,
Thanks for the encouragement but using a spray gun successfully just isn’t possible in the environment. First, the place where I do the work is in the mountains. There the snow has barely melted, except in the shade, where there is still a lot of snow and typically it lingers until late June. I could use the outdoors but I’m sure you know that spraying outside is not a exactly the best idea due to the airborne things that contaminate work.
My garage suffers from the combined effects of, well, being a garage in a cold environment, and being used to store a lot of fire wood and alfalfa. Even if I set up a minimal spray booth made from PVC, I would have to knock a large hole through the wall to provide suitable ventilation. And then I would never be able to stop the dust or humidity from the fire wood and alfalfa.
And then there is the part about the concrete garage floor that doesn’t get above about 42 degrees, in a room where the humidity never gets below about 67% even with a dehumidifier that runs about 12 hours a day. I could heat the garage and solve the temp problem, but not the problem with the dust and humidity.
Oh, and I tried to let G2 coated prints dry at 50 degrees once. It was a waste of materials.
And then, of course, there is SWMBO, and who would not sign off on, uh, re-tasking the space for this purpose. She’s already less than happy when I occupy the upper part of the abode so I can do canvas prep work there.
Long ago, before I went to kollege, I made a living by re-finishing pianos and furniture. I got to know my way around a spray gun and booth. Imo one has to have the right environment (warm, low humidity, and especially dust free) for successful results.
So for the time I’m stuck with rolling G2.
OK, I'm pushing for the bright glossy look for exactly the reason we're blathering on about this chrome stuff. There's a trend towards zappy prints and I need to compete if somebody shows up in the next booth with those chrome things. My goal is to be both zappy and tonally beautiful, that last feature being somewhat absent in the metallic prints I have seen. It's just a matter of being all things to all people who have credits cards that aren't maxed out, yet.
Smart approach.
It would be so much easier to just use Baryta, except that people prefer it when there is no glass………………..!