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Set it above the air tank so water can drain back into the tank, and run the air the other way from the direction of the freeon. In other words run the air into the bottom of the coil and out the...

Don’t know any tricks. Just have enough light so you can see clearly where you are spraying and get enough material on. I wouldn’t advise going below the recommended gun pressure. You will be asking...

I don’t like to use surfacer as filler. It is for taking out the imperfections from sanding the filler. You should be able to dust on some dry guide coat to your filler before you spray any surfacer...

Paint filters? No I don’t use one. I put a filter funnel above the cup when I put the paint in the gun and then put the cover on the cup. Nothing can get into the paint. That little filter in the gun...

Not that I think you should do this, but last week while I was driving in Tennessee I saw a VW van that had the center section cut out and the front and rear parts welded together. It had about a 6...

There is a time to do that kind of thing, but not for the reasons you stated. You don’t want to roll on primer that you are going to spray paint on without sanding the primer flat. You could roll on...

Try picklex 20. It's thin and should seep into any seam. I haven't tried it for that yet but your question got me thinking that I should spray some on the lower seams of my truck door where rust is...

Be very sure everything is dry before you use a tack rag. Just two weeks ago I hit a wet spot where the wax and grease remover hadn’t dried and that solvent transferred something from the tack rag...

I have found that the pleated filters are so good at filtering that they plug up very fast with a thin layer of impenetrable paint and block the air flow. The fiberglass type also filter well but the...

I have a steel ruler that is quite flexible. I use it two ways. First put the edge to the panel. A flat panel will show contact all along the edge of the ruler. I just got a Buick Lucerne and along...

Hit it with some guide coat and run a long block over it with some 400 grit paper. Any high spots will get wiped off and the low spots will be black.

Bob K

I use Featherfill G2 over etch primer, and yes, Evercoat says it's ok.

Bob K

Or use good epoxy that works. Sometimes removing the metal and replacing it is more work than the project is worth, but any project is still worth using good epoxy that sticks.

Bob K

You either didn’t read my post or you didn’t understand it. I am not concerned with the acid issue at all. I couldn’t care less if SPI or HOK epoxies do or don’t contain acid. You seem to be fixated...

Hay jeremyb, you seem to gloss over the assertion that the SPI and HOK epoxy doesn’t stick, and you latched onto the assertion of a possible acid content as a point to argue. Heck, I don’t care why...

The small palm sander fits well in your hand, and isn’t top heavy. It is easy to control. I haven’t used my big old DA since I got my AirVantage. I use it for everything.

Bob K

I just read your other post about orange peel and thought to myself you may have dry spray and are calling it orange peel. Does it have a sandy feel, with almost no image reflection? That could be...

Wow, are you sanding by hand? I use Trizact clear coat sanding discs and I thought they sanded quite fast using my AirVantage sander. When I switch to 3000 the dull appearance goes away and the panel...

If SPI and HOK are failing, are you insulted that someone said it may be because they may contain acid? What difference if it’s acid or some other non acid component, I don’t want to be using a...

I am not familiar with the MB you have so I will assume the picture representation you show is accurate. Why not hog out the top hole of the right strut where it bolts to the steering knuckle? You...

The first thing that comes to mind is that the hinge bushings are worn out. After many door closings with the bushings bad the metal in the striker or latch has been ground away enough that the door...

I’ve done it with a clay bar. It takes a little time but works without doing any damage. A friend had an assigned parking spot in a ramp. The concrete had cracks and water with rust dripped on the...

You said it, put more base on the area that needs it and clear the fender again. Anything else will look worse than leaving it alone. Just be sure to scuff the entire fender before you start any...

I’m not an expert by a long shot but I can tell you what I have done to get that same result, not saying you did this. When I have applied my first coat of clear too fast it had the look of dry...

Sorry, I can’t help you with that welding problem but I will say that my mentor drilled into my head not to try to “do better than the factory”. Try to match the strength and number and position of...

For surfacer I like SEM spray on guide coat. It won’t wash off. You could try dry guide coat if you don’t have any spray. I don’t know if it will wash off, I only use it on filler.

Bob K

I start block sanding my surfacer with 600 wet if I am spraying metallic paint. I use 400 wet if I am spraying a solid color. I have to assume you did your filler work properly and the surface is...

It depends on when you sprayed the epoxy and how long the recoat window is for that epoxy. The product sheet will tell you how much time may pass before you spray the next coat. The sooner you spray...

That rubber is tough stuff. I don’t think anything except extreme heat affects it. In my mind it’s like the rubber from a tire. If you get into installing glass you buy the stuff in a tube and put a...

No tool needed when you burn the rubber, it’s just fast but if you don’t have the torch then it’s a moot point. I’ve used some of those cold knives and I don’t like them much. You end up putting a...

Just to be sure, this method is for removing glass where the truck is going to be junked out, not to be done to a car you are working on to repair. The scrap yards around here take an oxy-acetylene...

Try sanding the gloss off with a 1500 Trizact clear coat sanding disc. I’ve thought the panels I sanded looked like they were sprayed with flattened clear. I just don’t like the look and I continue...

Apply 2k surfacer, block sand it with guide coat and spray the paint. If I already owned the single stage white I would spray that and be done. If I had my heart set on using clear coat I would get...

I just had the seat belts out of my car last week and had one lock up while I was handling it. When I installed it the thing stayed locked. I removed it again and flipped it over while looking for a...

When you spray the edges from the front side you get a lot of overspray on the front of the panel. Next when you make a pass across the front that paint adds to the overspray already on the front....

About ten years ago I was thinking along the same line as you so I did a test on the car I was building at the time. It was a new Toyota and I was doing some painting. I already had the gun loaded...

That’s my sander, a 3/32 AirVantage. Yes the Finish Film clogs when it is used up. When you get pills on the paper you can clean it off but the second use won’t last long and the third time is just a...

Is there one side that is more course than the other? If so I would put that side so that it is in first contact with the paint. The course fibers can gather paint droplets and not plug up. The finer...

Sorry, I neglected to say I use a first coat of Evercoat Everglass. That gets sanded with a 36 grit Roloc disc on a die grinder and then I go to regular filler to finish the repair.

Bob K

I always put filler over my welds. I know metal work can be done to make the welds invisible but not by me. I’m not that good of a metal worker. A little filler goes a long way to hide the welds....

We used a similar product 15 years ago at work (Construction) and quit when we were made aware of the danger. CO is no small concern. I always had a CO monitor but it wasn't hooked to the air supply....

Before you do anything, put them in a warm dry place for a few days and then decide if you need to do any work. We don’t know what you sprayed on them. The term lacquer is used for a coating of that...

MARTINSR, did you see the Toyota Fun Vii Concept Car. In red it looks a lot like your Dorothy’s red slipper car. Bob K

That tank is about 6.7 cubic feet. At 150 psi it is holding about 10 BAR of air or rather 67 cubic feet. You can take air out at 8 cfm for about 4 minutes and then the tank will fall below 80 psi and...

I have a hydraulic cylinder that is about 2” thick and expands about half an inch. I put it into spaces like that and fill the remaining space with steel stock being mindful to spread the force on...

The furnace in my shop is only on when I am working, I let it cool down at night. When I paint parts like you are doing I set the thermostat to 80 and don’t paint until the temp gets stable. I do...

I forgot to mention to use a squeegee often to check your progress and don’t let the disk rub too long on the clear above the run. That clear is thin. Since you mentioned in another post wanting to...

As long as you are comfortable with the results of painting the parts separately off the car. By that I mean the chance of miss match of color. Then I would recommend painting the parts laying flat....

I went through this about 3 years ago. I ended up putting single stage on top of Feather Fill G2. I can’t get into much detail because I can’t remember the specifics but I do recall that I called the...

Nice work on that pan. How many times did you need to run it through the tool to get the shape right?

Bob K