What have I learned
It takes a gallon of primer to prime a car. But get this, a gallon is actually a gallon and a half because you mix it 2:1 with activator plus a hint of reducer (optional, I used a shot per gun fill up). So 4 quarts of primer plus 2 quarts of activator actually yield a gallon and a half of material (your mileage may vary).
Don't paint in the winter unless you have the proper facilities. The epoxy primer I used requires 60 degrees or warmer. Let the epoxy set for a couple of weeks (in the winter time) just for good measure allowing it to flex it's muscles, shrink, harden, what ever it does.
Eventually I will touch things up with body filler aka bondo where necessary and shoot the entire car again, this time with build primer, then spray it with a guide coat to help me block sand it. Then I'll be considering silver metallic base coat clear coat as my final layers.
(Don't mind the tiger stripes on the trunk lid, I did a half @ss job of wiping the dust off of it before taking pictures, I was too excited)
It takes a gallon of primer to prime a car. But get this, a gallon is actually a gallon and a half because you mix it 2:1 with activator plus a hint of reducer (optional, I used a shot per gun fill up). So 4 quarts of primer plus 2 quarts of activator actually yield a gallon and a half of material (your mileage may vary).
Don't paint in the winter unless you have the proper facilities. The epoxy primer I used requires 60 degrees or warmer. Let the epoxy set for a couple of weeks (in the winter time) just for good measure allowing it to flex it's muscles, shrink, harden, what ever it does.
Eventually I will touch things up with body filler aka bondo where necessary and shoot the entire car again, this time with build primer, then spray it with a guide coat to help me block sand it. Then I'll be considering silver metallic base coat clear coat as my final layers.
(Don't mind the tiger stripes on the trunk lid, I did a half @ss job of wiping the dust off of it before taking pictures, I was too excited)