Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 01:02:29 -0700
Reply-To: Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Primer
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LOL! My girlfriend and I had a good laugh at your misadventures - or at least the way you presented them. I have complete empathy for your difficulties, we've all been there - but you have used it to brighten up our day - Thanks!
Dan
Los Angeles, CA
"Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender
On Jul 31, 2011, at 12:53 PM, ed donnen wrote:
> 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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