Nelson Hays
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haha sweet
I think we have a new bondo catch phrase “butted…. is splendid” :p
I wonder what it would cost to fly a couple of these guys up here to AK, where a basic complete job costs no less than $8k….
Is the stereotype true? Do black people hate cold weather? :rofl
I hear Martin Manure makes a good sealer
:rofl
you might think about using a gray primer/sealer. that way you can buzz the old finish down real quick on a DA, spray and block the primer coat down. base right over that. no extra steps.
well that’s the only sealer I’ve got! I’ll give it another shot with something resembling optimism.
thanks
:cheers
I had a bad experience…. Consistently I have had mediocre to crappy results and lots of issues with MS stuff, so whether it’s good or not I’m going to whine about it while I shoot the diarrhea they call paint 😡
well now we’re back to finding a source of the stuff…
the only way I get sealer in town is in gallons, and it’s the martin senour garbage I totally hate…
thanks for the advice.
I got the problem areas all in primer a couple weeks back, and the rest of the job will be done next saturday. block out the primer and mask it up.
I have black primer on there, and only black sealer….. will it be a terrible thing to paint over that? will it just take more coats of base, or am I going to be in trouble on a light metallic color?
a fellow alaskan eh? tiny deer, and big moose.
I have done a dark metallic silver, and it wasnt easy…. I knew this would be about one of the worst….
I’ll do a spray out if it will help, but the problem is I have to buy a pint of mixed paint to do the spray out and buy more if it’s wrong.
I think I might be better off hauling the swatch book down to the car and check the alternates. not being able to experiment with the color on my own really screws me over….
I could probably go up to the body shop and get PPG’s DBU base. I’ll probably be miles ahead right there. maybe then I could mix just enough to spray it out and correct if need be.
The owner flat out told me she’s not concerned about a butt match, but it will drive me nuts if it’s not right. I think I’ll just scuff down the stupid fenders and get it done right. My whole thing is I always want to fix every little tiny imperfection in the panel I’m working on, and I’ll certainly find some ding or rock chip or something which will lead to shooting the doors…… before I know it I’m back to the first car I ever did – that job was supposed to be a few days and shooting a few panels. took months of after hours time, and was a complete job with every screw up possible….. yikes.
it seems like quality parts can come from anywhere. The old days where anything good was ‘made in USA’ and anything crap was ‘obviously made in china’ – are over. Some very good electronics I sell are almost entirely chinese made, even though a lot of them are assembled in the US and allow them the ‘made in usa’ claim.
it seems to be all about the tolerances and specs of the company putting in the order, and the quality control of the chinese kids actually doing the work :clappy
I did a couple sets of aluminum wheels last year. blasted one set, sanded the other. blasting was a giant pain, since we were pulling off the old peeling chrome on one set….. used GIANT sand, and left some gnarly pits. epoxy, and poly primer :dnc
worst job of all time…
but epoxy and SS urethane worked great
congrats
seriously? $380?
slicksand is great. I thought it was ‘the good stuff’ It’s $65 for a gallon.
$380? yikes.