Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Thank you Brad, but if I wrote a book tonight it would be " how to screw up primering in 1 easy lesson. I am having absolute fits with primer causing me problems. Last week a batch gelled within 10 minutes and ruined a brand new gun. Ok, I blamed that on the activator being in the hot shop for the past couple of weeks. Then last night I had the same problem with a different batch, one that Dan and I had just used a couple of nights ago. It started curing after only a couple of minutes too, but luckily I was able to clean out the gun and save it.

So, today I spent a few hours grinding then sanding the rear axle assembly, and the plan was to etch prime it, wait 30 minutes, then shoot a few wet coats of high build primer on it that would allow me to sand it very smooth.

I mixed the etch primer according to the can, one to one, started to shoot the rear axle and all I got out of the gun was spider webbing. For some reason the etch primer was curing as soon as it hit the air and was turning into strings !!! This was a brand new can of primer and brand new activator.

Dan came out from working on his car, and mixed up a new batch for me, because he thought I might have put too much activator in it. Same thing, and we even tried a new gun, same thing. It was just little strings hanging in the air when I shot it. I am taking this back Monday, but do any of our paint experts out there have any ideas??? I have never had so much trouble with primer in my life, and am not sure what is going on.

Anyway, I did get my steering box mounted for the final time today. Luckily, it came already powder coated black, so I couldn't screw that up. I also have to scuff and spray a couple more coats of the orange on the axle, spring, and wishbones. In the daylight there is some shadowing because this color is so translucent, and I ran out last night before I could lay on as many coats as I wanted.

I can't do anything til Monday when the paint shop opens, but I hope someone has some suggestions in the meantime. Here are some pictures of some of the stuff, anyway. Where did I leave that bottle of Jack Daniels?


Don