just wanted to show you the PPG Acryli-Clean DX330 Wax and Grease Remover, this stuff is expensive but it's the ****, guys may give me a hard time for the brand of primer I am using but they will definitely approve of this one [I hope]

next up is H.E.T. 1370 Urethane Reducer, this is the optional third part I add to the primer mix, about 10% or a shot glass of it, it makes the mist come out smoother

ok, so just when you thought I had some credibility I go on and pull a stunt like this, see my Harbor Freight $75 dollar SPRAY KIT below... originally I was planning on using a gravity feed spray gun (bottle on top) and borrow my buddy's 30 gallon Craftsman air compressor, but then he told me he hasn't used it in a while and it most likely had rust and moisture inside it so I would need some sort of inline filter regulator jobbie, also i would need to change the fittings on his lines to marry my (purple Harbor Freight) spray gun, so I went to HF to look for that stuff and that's when I saw what I bought instead using one of them 20% off coupons you find in the back of most vehicle magazines

ok so I am not saying you all need to run out there and buy one of these contraptions, but after reading the reviews, at that time two guys already said they actually used it to paint their cars so I thought what the he11, so here's why it made sense to me, for $75 bucks you get all you need, plastic compressor that will not rust, no need for inline filter/regulator, hose/fittings/ (siphon style, bottle underneath) spray gun with three different size needle adjustment thingies, and it runs on 110 volts and is very portable

keep in mind I am only shooting primer, and I can stand on a ladder and poor this stuff on the top of my roof and allow it to run down if I wanted to, and then sand off the excess, that would be stupid and a huge waste of money, but it would work, I could roll it on, I could brush it on, so this is a way better option, and having shot the roof already, I know it works. Keep in mind this coat of epoxy primer is to adhere to, and seal the surface it doesn't have to be pretty it will be covered with build primer which then will be sanded smooth.

 

finally final preparations, seal off the work area, mop the floor to keep the dust from flying up, one last final wipe down with a tack cloth, and we're ready for show time, I tell ya this baby is soo clean you could ... well, spray paint it

 

here are some action shots of the wet first coat of primer, all I can say is the best day to shoot primer in the winter is yesterday or tomorrow if you catch my drift, I tell ya the day before was glorious so I spent it buying the materials and driving around town like a pin head, the day of was border line too cold for shooting epoxy below 60 degreeish and the following day was warm again, go figure - I know, cry me a river is what all of you folks with the white powder on the grown are thinking

 

Your thinner is a virgin

 

[ahem] was !!!

 

Gregski, thanks for posting all these guides, some people may know about the stuff you're posting but some don't, and regardless of what some of us do or don't know, this entire thread will be a great database for those who need it!

Keep up the great work! Your car looks great!

 

You need to buy more product, I bet its lonely.



Sure hope my house doesn't cat fire, that is the mustang shelf, have others for all the boat chemicals.

BTW, the car looks great!!!!

 

here are some pictures of the primed rear end, I think I took these like a week later, I love the way it turned out, it looks so much better and more importantly it seals and protects the car way better than rattle cans would, (as far as pictures I am learning sometimes natural light is your friend sometimes your enemy, and shadows are better than bright sun light)

 

In the end you're going to be so much happier that you used the epoxy. The car is going to be awesome.

 

I agree...it's already looking awesome...way to go!!!