OK, I'm becoming convinced that my experience painting is JINXED!! My one splash apron was so bad I decided to sand it down and start over. Luckily I called my paint guy, and he told me that with the amount of material on there I needed to get all the clear off, and suggested working it down with thinner. Took a bit, but I finally got it down to base & primer again. I decided since I was going to be shooting from scratch, primer, base & clear, I might as well add the dash to the job so I pulled all the gauges and AC vents and got it ready for primer. Shot two coats of epoxy on both pieces, plus a couple of radiator brace brackets, and let them cure over night. This morning I got out there early and shot the base black & candy blue. Let that cure an hour, and got ready for clear. Shot the first coat, left to let it flash for ten or fifteen minutes and came back for the second coat. Did the brackets, then the dash, then finished with the splash apron. Everything looking great, good shine, no sags, no runs, and about that time I see a little tan worm, maybe 1/2" long & 1/16" around, inching up the bottom edge of the dash, right on the passenger corner!! A stinkin' WORM!! Where did a stinkin' WORM come from!! By the time I turned, grabbed an awl nearby, and got back he was on the front corner, heading up!! I hooked him & flipped him to the floor, staring in dismay at the worm trail in the wet clear I grabbed the gun and gave it a quick hit, but then I remembered Rich's post, where he mentioned the old guy waiting five minutes, hitting it again and the run disappearing. Sooooo, I stood there counting seconds, watching the clock and at five minutes hit that corner a couple of shots. After about three or four minutes the worm trail was all but gone!! Easily sandable during cut & buff.

Rich, thanks big time for sharing that old story. It added an arrow to the quiver, and helped me save the dash spray job without piling on more clear while it was too wet!!