Did you stain the paint when pouring it into the gun. I alway do that. Keep my HVLP gun from plugging up/. ---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As an add on to my previous message, I used Jasco > paint stripper to remove the "bad" or poorly shot > primer from the hood of the 1972. > > I then sanded down the hood and got the rest of the > funk off. I asked the people that sold me the > catalyzed primer about my misfortune and they > suggested that I thin it and try again, since that's > the best stuff they sell. > > I did that, and poured nearly a quart of thinner into > the primer's gallon can before it thinned out and the > sludge on the bottom came up and went into suspension, > leaving the primer mixture thinner than other stuff > I've used. > > Well, thinning it down made all the difference. The > primer went on "wet" and laid down flat very nicely. > > I just got done shooting the hood in gloss black. > > This was my first time with a HVLP gun, and I'd have > to say that I was pretty disappointed. Now, the > problem is probably mine in that I "did something > incorrectly", since that's a lifestyle choice I made > long ago, but the material just didn't come out in > enough volume to allow it to go on "wet". > > This was most frustrating, and the paint went on > almost wet. The poor thing ran out of juice and > seemed to plug up and refuse to spray 2/3 of the way > through the quart. > > I took it out and poured the remaining paint into my > older siphon gun and finished off the hood with that > older one. It flowed nicely and I was able to get a > nice wet layer on top of most of the hood. Looks like > I'll need it since the hood is anything but smooth at > this point. I may knock it down and shoot another > coat, since there's some pretty nasty orange peel. > > Well, the price was right, anyway. > > I'll let it dry and we'll see how it cuts when I block > sand and polish a small area.... > > > > > -Kenyon > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm