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Nomadicflyer · 11-01-2016, 02:32 PM

Went to primer, and things weren't flowing just right. Went back to the paint supplier, they suggested reducing the primer. 1:1:1/2, if I remember right. That brought me to my next learned skillset: fixing runs. With a thinner mix, the primer settled down to a smooth finish, but then I ended up with runs. Ergh. They should call this sanding. It's 80% sanding, 10% rework, 10% painting. I'm hoping with experience, I can change those numbers. Reshoot went better.

With sanding runs, came sanding through. Burned through some of the corners, which is fine... I was going to reshoot primer, anyway. Learning. It's not easy, being me.

I learned that being height impaired, with alligator arms, makes painting the roof hard. Note the heavy lines. Am I the only one here that ended up with one foot on the ladder, one foot on the firewall, one hand holding the ceiling conduit while trying to paint with the other one? That's tough! No pics of THAT, thank goodness...

11-01-2016, 02:32 PM	#11
Nomadicflyer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Pierre, South Dakota Posts: 173	Re: 72 C20 Miss Olive Went to primer, and things weren't flowing just right. Went back to the paint supplier, they suggested reducing the primer. 1:1:1/2, if I remember right. That brought me to my next learned skillset: fixing runs. With a thinner mix, the primer settled down to a smooth finish, but then I ended up with runs. Ergh. They should call this sanding. It's 80% sanding, 10% rework, 10% painting. I'm hoping with experience, I can change those numbers. Reshoot went better. With sanding runs, came sanding through. Burned through some of the corners, which is fine... I was going to reshoot primer, anyway. Learning. It's not easy, being me. I learned that being height impaired, with alligator arms, makes painting the roof hard. Note the heavy lines. Am I the only one here that ended up with one foot on the ladder, one foot on the firewall, one hand holding the ceiling conduit while trying to paint with the other one? That's tough! No pics of THAT, thank goodness...