Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:40:46 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Primer
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and the funny thing is ..
one can't really do a decent job of spray painting anything outdoors really.
garden and farm equipment maybe..
but for any decent surface...gotta be in still air, in a garage at least.
With air currents and whatever in the air ..
a decent job isn't really possible.
what happens when you go to, say ..
change spark plugs ?
all kinds of ways to get in trouble there sometimes.
I hate those spray can tops ..
I suppose one is supposed to force them off with a screw driver.
I either ..
whack them really hard with a tilting action on a sharp corner, like the
edge of a steel work bench ...
and that pops them off..
though not recommended ...I've seen someone do it wrong and end up with
spray paint *everywhere*...
or I put the top in a vice and bust/twist if off that way.
it helps to warm the spray can of paint in the sun or in warm water too.
Just don't ever leave one in boiling water for a while...
then shake it really well..
that can blast the bottom of the can right out ........and blast paint right
through your pants onto your skin and all kinds of places you weren't
planning to paint yet. Not in that color anyway.
Scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "ed donnen" <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Primer
>I finally got far enough along with my body work to try my hand at spraying
> primer. This could only go well. First I could not get the top off. I
> tried everything: pulling, screwdriver, and finally banging the top on the
> driveway. Of course, the top came off along with the nozzle, which
> promptly
> proceeded to roll under the Doka to the exact center of the truck. Any
> angle to retrieve it would fall about three inches short so I finally had
> to
> play war dog and crawl under the truck until I could retrieve the
> recalcitrant nozzle. Then of course, the nozzle wiggled around and would
> not stay on so I just gave it a good push and thus primed the palm of my
> hand before the errant nozzle took off again for parts unknown under the
> truck. After hand cleaning, back to playing war dog and gaining the upper
> hand on the nozzle. This time, I figured, I would hold the nozzle in
> place
> with masking tape reducing the wiggle factor. This got two fingers primed
> as well. After cleaning up my hand I decided to get serious so I taped my
> index finger to the nozzle, to the can. This got things sort of aligned
> so
> I tried priming the body putty, but things got sticky, then unstuck, so
> now
> my ear and half my glasses are primed. And let us not mention the
> mustache. Never mention the mustache. Primer does not taste that good,
> either. With one final force of will I got everything cleaned up and
> using
> both hands to steady the nozzle forced it on to the stem and having
> successfully sprayed a small plant on the side of the driveway I went for
> the body putty. To make a long story short (too late!) I sprayed the body
> putty and finished just as the nozzle fell off to one side where it
> dangled
> on half dried primer. Did I mention I had been working outside in 100
> degree heat for several hours? Maybe the heat contributed to the saga.
>
> Ed- the one with really clean fingers
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