Quote Originally Posted by IC2 View Post
Gotta keep it light

I'm "assuming" you have done the final fill, heavy body primer, guide coat and 600/800 sanding is commencing and your bicep is now 19" around like mine was after final sand on the '31

As far as rain - I'll trade for the 3" of white stuff we got today
Keeping it light!! OH, that's what we'll call it!

YES, I am so sick of sanding that car!!! My arms are just knotted bundles of flesh after these many many weekends and week nights. I don't know how some of these guys do this for a living !?!? I have a new found respect for bodymen! I can't and couldn't do it for a living! NO WAY!!

I did feel "vindicated" sort of today. After priming over the weekend I was really unhappy with the finish and disappointed with the results. I wasn't overly concerned since I had to sand it back anyway! I asked a friend over to look at it and he suspected water and my gun setup were the culprits. So I added another dessicant dryer and a new hose and reworked my spray pattern and lowered my pressure to 30 psi static and 20 psi dynamic. WOW, what a difference! Made the gun "come alive" and really gave ma a finish to be proud of! If that's just the primer I can't wait for color!!

Tomorrow I am going to jamb the car and I unfortunately have some "life business" to get in the way for a couple days but, I think friday the weather should be right and I am gonna hit it hard! I'll be 1 day behind my original schedule but the wife will be happy and that's what matters! So if she's happy, then I can go play in the sandbox!

Oh, and I gotta say to Dave, that remote supplied air system is the BOMB!! Now that's the way to paint a car! NO ODORS, NO PAINT on SKIN! dragging the hose gets a bit tricky but that's minor! And the HVLP guns are the best too! No real overspray to speak of and hardly any residual around at all!

Today I re-did my priming with the Devilbiss Finish Line gun not the Sharpes, and the second coat only consumed 40 ounces of material! And I didn't run the exhaust fan (forgot to turn it on!) and there wasn't any "cloud" in the air! After I had started cleaning the equipment I realized my mistake with the fan so I went a turned it on for a few minutes, "just because"... And I realized it was basically pointless. So I shut it off. I then realized I was putting the paint on the car, not in the air!!!