Here is a video from day 37 of the Iceman build for Rob. I started sanding the primer with a long aluminum beam, that had some 400 grit sandpaper attached. This was used to level sand the primer, although the results were mixed, so I switched back to my regular sanding block and moved up to 600 grit. Then the surface was cleaned, and the 1st, of what would be 4 coats total, was sprayed on. After the 3rd coat, I gave it 2 hours to dry, then did some wet sanding with 800 grit sandpaper. That was then topped off with another coat of black.
All of this added effort, but the results are still not up to my own standards. I would expect a flawless surface by this point, but everything has been working against this from ever happening. From the better-grade automotive paints giving me problems to ash falling from the skies from forest fires, this thing has to be possessed by the devil !!
Next time out there, I will be wet sanding the surface again, and most likely will have to spray out more black and resand, once again. I should probably repeat this, until the surface is perfect. Once that is complete, I can then spray on, the limited amount of cherry pie I have left.
That leads me to two other problems I am experiencing. One is the supplier, or I should say this state, would not allow me to get more paint shipped up from the supplier, which will force me to seek my paint from another source. The other, I believe, was the choice to move to an automotive enamel paint. While it does provide a harder shell and far better cure times, it is unforgiving, as I have shown you. Lacquer-based paints are far easier to work with, and for me sprayed out much more evenly, but they take a lifetime to completely cure. I need something in between these two types.
Stay tuned ... more to come !!
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