Today was 83% humidity so at the moment the old girl is all dressed up with nowhere to go. I have a few days before I have to change the masking tape round the windows so fingers crossed for tomorrow. If it is situation no change, then I will spray towards sunset a couple of coats and thin it down just to get a sealer over it all.
This is the last pic I took.
Sadly I had to weld in a lot more than I had bargained for but its all good practice. The only issue I had was when welding in the below patch, I blew a nasty hole that I thought was solid. I was able to put a smal patch in and just mig around it rather than oxy which is what I used for the rest.
The weather was pretty average but the humidity in the shed was controlled. I put on two light coats of primer filler so I can see the imperfections better to best work on getting it smooth.
My primer gun that I have had for ages died though so I have ordered a new 3.5mm tip gravity fed primer gun. I hope I can run straight primer filler out of it than my old 2.2mm suction feed which required 25% thinners to stop the tip from clogging.
I have had it baking under the heat lamps all day and it is dry enough. Ill let it sunbake through the night though. I wont give it a rub back until the end of the week though just in case. I didnt get any blistering so thats not bad. If I had have sprayed it like normal, Im sure it would have in this horrible weather.
ratbox wrote:i thought you said you bare metaled it
I did in the rear. Not the whole thing! Yikes! Under the primer filler is etch in places.
I had to take it to metal in the rear half as by the time I had chased down the rusty patches it was very bumpy. Such was the ammount of hi fill that had been placed on her a long time ago
I couldnt wait any longer so started rubbing back the light coats I put on the other day to see the highs and lows.
I came across this on the door. I dont remember seeing it before so must have missed it somehow...
Should I rub it back to metal or leave it? When I run the flat of my hand across it I cannot feel it at all and even when I try to pick it out with my finger tips, I still cant feel it. I can only see it.
What should I do? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Give it another light coat and block it back, I bet it disappears. Looks to me like the primer has filled all the marks already, hence why you can't feel it.
Disclaimer: But I'm not a panel beater/spray painter!
Speed and Style........... One day I'll get the speed bit.
