baby steps forward & a step back - 2K urethane Epoxy primer.

This paint is fantastic! It sticks to anything. It seems to seal well, and I can use it as a foundation for anything else. At any rate.,I bought the paint a couple of years ago (Nason from O'reilly's). It was epoxy paint before the 2nd part (hardener {clear yellow liquid}). The epoxy part was solid clay on the bottom half of the can-Should have had a drill mixer.

On my budget, I used the Harbor Freight $10 gun. At first, (this paint was expensive on my budget) it was pretty hard to dial in the gun and there was a bunch of splatters. I had second thoughts spraying paint that was more expensive than the gun into oblivion as I feeble fumble effed my way into dialing the gun into about 20% of what a professional would accept.

I had used this paint before with a friend that pretty much knew what he was doing and I layed down a perfect, smooth, (but TOO T H I N ) coat on top of several layers of rustoleum enamel of all things. At that time, We had completed 90% of the body work and I wanted to seal the metal with something that protect the metal. I was about to begin my last tour on a submarine. There isn't much down time when you are attached to a boat so the car sat dormant until now.
Even with a thin coat, it did really good for over 4 years. It had a few freckles of rust spots and for the last week I sanded those down, applied a rust converter ( Ospho ), etching primer, sanded that, and finally layyed down a second coat of the 2K urethane epoxy primer.

You haven't seen so many runs in a series of horror films. Tomorrow I sand them all, wipe it down and lay on some base coat with a better setup gun.

Painting with a cheap compressor, cheap paint gun, outside, (it's 70 degrees here yankees, EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!!) can be done, but damn if it isn't hard. I got hours of sanding tomorrow. They say John Wayne says life is hard, and harder if you are stupid (or you have schedule that doesn't care what your limitations are. For me this schedule is kind of a blessing. Many people can attest to having a little OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) when it comes to what they care about. Well that crap is out the window, full speed ahead! paint pics tomorrow!