Thanks to 52Ragtop's advice I blocked the Speedster one more time this AM at 400 grit. It was a good move as the resulting surface looked beautiful and as with previous blocking a couple more issues were spotted and resolved.
Masked and by early afternoon I was laying Ivory. 1st coat Left half of roof laid beautiful and right half suddenly went dry. The novice forgot to take the plug off the cap on the paint reservoir creating a vacuum impeding flow of paint! Let it dry and wet sanded it out. Two more coats and Ivory looks great everywhere.
After I painted the roof, I put jackstands under the Speedster to make rockers and lower panels more accessible, easier to keep the gun at a 90 degree angle and save my back from bending over.
Late afternoon I masked for Pimlico Gray and this evening shot one coat. The pictures look better than the paint at this point... all operator error. I have several issues that I'll evaluate and address in the AM. In any case the Ivory will get clear coat by noon even if I have to reload on the Pimlico Gray.
Project remains on schedule.
Masked and by early afternoon I was laying Ivory. 1st coat Left half of roof laid beautiful and right half suddenly went dry. The novice forgot to take the plug off the cap on the paint reservoir creating a vacuum impeding flow of paint! Let it dry and wet sanded it out. Two more coats and Ivory looks great everywhere.
After I painted the roof, I put jackstands under the Speedster to make rockers and lower panels more accessible, easier to keep the gun at a 90 degree angle and save my back from bending over.
Late afternoon I masked for Pimlico Gray and this evening shot one coat. The pictures look better than the paint at this point... all operator error. I have several issues that I'll evaluate and address in the AM. In any case the Ivory will get clear coat by noon even if I have to reload on the Pimlico Gray.
Project remains on schedule.
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