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| Spyridon:
--- Quote from: JeepMonkey on July 15, 2008, 10:01:09 pm ---Should I be concerned / jealous at the amount of enjoyment I get from seeing a well primered bit of plywood? Your results with your lack of experience gives me hope for my own cab. --- End quote --- No concern at all. Just wait until you have one of these primered beautie sitting in your garage. It gets even better. |
| tafische:
Did you fill in the scratches with anything (bondo, putty, etc) or did the primer fill it in enough that it hides them? |
| Spyridon:
--- Quote from: tafische on July 16, 2008, 12:02:39 am ---Did you fill in the scratches with anything (bondo, putty, etc) or did the primer fill it in enough that it hides them? --- End quote --- I used Bondo on the scratches. Primer alone won't do it. |
| Spyridon:
Oil and water don't mix. That is the lesson for today. Last night I began the process of spraying the black interior section of the cab. I pulled out the Rustoleum black satin paint and noticed that it was an eanmal paint. This paint had been recommended for the black so I didn't give the type much thought. At this point I though, Hmmm....I don't think I can thin this with water. Well, since I didn't haven anything else to mix it with and not wanting to make a trip to Lowe's, I gave it a shot. Sure enough, my old 5th grade experiment still holds true. Oil and water don't mix. I ended up with some sludge with most of the water floating on top. :-[ Okay, plan B. I search around to see if I have anything to thin this paint with. I have laquer thinner, but the can specifically states not to use it. I finally found a bottle of "paint thinner". Doesn't say anywhere on the bottle what is actually in it, but I'll give it a shot. Success, it mixes well and I have a nice thinned black paint. Time to spray the cab. I begin the painting process and then quickly realize that I need to tape off the exterior parts. :banghead: Doh! I was in too much of a hurry to see the next color go on. Okay, put the spray can down, get out the newspaper and tape and start covering the external pieces. Done. Hope my paint didn't harden up on me. Sprayed the cab and all went well. Now time for the clean up. What a pain in the --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--! :angry: I will be using all latex paints from now on. Thankfully, I had my can of laquer thinner to clean up, but what a mess. Wife wasn't happy when I used the industrial sink in the laundrey room. Smelled up the whole area and I still have black paint in the sink. Well eventually, I got the spray gun cleaned. I really hope that one coat of black paint is good enough. I really don't want to go through that again. |
| Spyridon:
Got a better look at the paint job today. Turned out pretty nice with one issue. Very smooth. The side above is the one that had the deep scratch in it (see pics a few posts above). Can't tell it was ever there. Okay, here's the one issue I have. I didn't completely cover one of the areas. I wouldn't be too worried about it if I was doing a second coat like I planned. Here is the area: You can see it is a little spotty in that area. I'm considering leaving it as is to avoid having to clean up that paint again. |
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