First go at Painting

Did some more sanding and filling this weekend. I was determined to have a go with the gun and paint I had bought the other day. Bob came over and gave me a hand with the sanding, so we got the wing just about done. I was extremely nervous about using the paint as I could smell through the mask which didn’t seem right at all. I used most of the paint that I had mixed setting the gun up, then had a go on the panel. I realised straight away the pressure was too low, re-set it and then ran out of paint. I washed the gun out and closed the garage up for the night. Later I realised the filters were not seated properly and one of the one way breathers was folded open.

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Sunday, I sanded out the areas I was not happy with and re-filled some of it. I was running out of time so vacced the garage out, cleaned the dust off and pushed the car back in. It was earlier than I had thought, so decided to have another go at painting. I’d read up about how to set the gun up on the net, but it was set too heavy for me and I got a run. I re-set it and sprayed the rest of the panel without any problems. Dunno if it’s good, bad or indifferent, but I’m happy. Could’nt smell paint either.

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