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Hi All,

Thought I would move my thread to here.

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.



Cheers
Damo

Looking good

Hope the weather holds out for you

Good Luck with the weather, going to look good painted.

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.

Looking good mate, keep up the great work

i thought you said you bare metaled it

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

in the tray area? still seems to have paint on the 1/4's

ratbox wrote:in the tray area? still seems to have paint on the 1/4's

Oh yeah, the pic looks that way. But its just the light of the pic in the garage. Its primer.

I havent touched the tray yet. Prob wont either. It will be a work horse so it will get ruined anyway.

The acryllic primer I get from my paint shop recommends shooting it straight. It goes on thicker that is all so I dont have to do as many coats.

I'll soon find out what it comes out like I guess.

Can I get some advice?

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!

Hate to say this but that is why they use a gide coat to pick up the things you cant fell not being smart just how it work's

BILLY