Man i am beat.. worked 11 hours, then 5 more hours in the garage.. i will say i HATE painting red in a engine bay.. last bay i did was hemi orange and i did it in the sun and it was awesome.. I hope it's not just me but shooting red it was like once i had some down i couldn't see **** for how it was flowing and such.. it just sort of melts into a giant sea of red. Had some big *** led lights trying to help.. but wish i had sunshine :) anyway.. it's shot.. praying i did it right.
Spent 3 hours sanding the 2k high fill with 400, made it baby smooth.. then wiping it down kept leaving little bits of something all over it (i was using rubbing alcohol and think it was pulling up some primer, jut enough to make it weird..) switched to some 25 year old "Acryli-clean" and it cleaned it right up.. gonna be sad if that gallon ever runs out.
Shot 1 more coat of 2k primer.. then read bout the wait time for color, said i could do it in 30 mins or so when it flashes.. or let it dry the sand it again and shoot color.. No way was i sanding it again.. so i shot it.
Got the gun working 1000x better than it did with the primer.. That being said i miss my old Devilbiss, i don't see the advantage to gravity feed and the gun it insanely tall with the regulator and filter attached.. getting the back of the shock towers was a *****.
I've got some orange peel which is making me mad but will let it dry good for awhile then fix that. Can see it at the front of the apron..
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