roger1
Member
I installed partial patch panels on my GTO project on the quarters at the wheel well openings. I butt welded them in and finished them off the best I could with a spoon, dolly and shrinking disc. Very challenging since the inside access for a dolly is not good.
I sprayed 2 coats of epoxy primer on the entire body yesterday. My intention is spray Slick Sand polyester primer over the patch panel areas but I decided to use a little filler first and put some on and sanded it today.
Before spraying:
And now:
I thought it looked good when it was bare metal but there's nothing like black epoxy to make it look kind of bad. Anyway, I was going to spray the Slick Sand today but after looking at it this morning, I thought it would be better to use so the filler some first. Maybe I should have just hammered on a few coats of the polyester as now I'm faced with having to ask a couple questions here. I want to be safe with this car. This car is a keeper for me and I'm going to strive for a show quality paint job. It is going to be SPI Dark Red with Universal Clear.
1. I sanded through the primer down to metal in several small spots. Now I am unsure of whether I can spray the Slick Sand on these areas tomorrow or whether I should spot spray epoxy over these areas and wait until Monday to spray the Slick Sand. The Evercoat instructions say I can spray over sanded through areas as long as the spots are not over an inch in size. All of the spots I have are smaller than that but I trust you guys here more than what Evercoat says. What would y'all do?
2: If the answer is spot spray more epoxy, then that leads me to this question about my time window. I've always kind of felt that the 7 day recoat window on epoxy was more for temperatures on the cooler side. My shop gets into the low 90s during the day and in the 80s at night. With those temperatures, how long do I have to spray polyester over epoxy without having to another coat of epoxy on the car first? Monday will be the 3rd day.
I sprayed 2 coats of epoxy primer on the entire body yesterday. My intention is spray Slick Sand polyester primer over the patch panel areas but I decided to use a little filler first and put some on and sanded it today.
Before spraying:
And now:
I thought it looked good when it was bare metal but there's nothing like black epoxy to make it look kind of bad. Anyway, I was going to spray the Slick Sand today but after looking at it this morning, I thought it would be better to use so the filler some first. Maybe I should have just hammered on a few coats of the polyester as now I'm faced with having to ask a couple questions here. I want to be safe with this car. This car is a keeper for me and I'm going to strive for a show quality paint job. It is going to be SPI Dark Red with Universal Clear.
1. I sanded through the primer down to metal in several small spots. Now I am unsure of whether I can spray the Slick Sand on these areas tomorrow or whether I should spot spray epoxy over these areas and wait until Monday to spray the Slick Sand. The Evercoat instructions say I can spray over sanded through areas as long as the spots are not over an inch in size. All of the spots I have are smaller than that but I trust you guys here more than what Evercoat says. What would y'all do?
2: If the answer is spot spray more epoxy, then that leads me to this question about my time window. I've always kind of felt that the 7 day recoat window on epoxy was more for temperatures on the cooler side. My shop gets into the low 90s during the day and in the 80s at night. With those temperatures, how long do I have to spray polyester over epoxy without having to another coat of epoxy on the car first? Monday will be the 3rd day.