Where I'm at so far...

yetibone · #1 October 22nd 2006, 08:56

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Originally Posted by NO_H2O

Take it to Home Depot and get them to put it in the paint can shaker for a while.

I don't know... This stuff's so hard I broke a paint paddle digging it out,.. it's like half dried bondo in the bottom of the can. I don't know if I would trust it, knowing my luck with this car...

zen · #2 October 22nd 2006, 11:39

good to hear some progress being made. something is better than nothing. we were just talking about you at the Euro Auto Fest yesterday. keep in touch and get that thing on the road so we can see it!

**NO_H2O** · #3 October 22nd 2006, 12:49

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Originally Posted by yetibone

I don't know... This stuff's so hard I broke a paint paddle digging it out,.. it's like half dried bondo in the bottom of the can. I don't know if I would trust it, knowing my luck with this car...

Is it high build primer? If so it will be like that. The first gal. of slick sand I bought was like that off the shelf. I had to take it to Lowes to get them to shake it. That stuff is like spray-on body filler.

yetibone · #4 October 22nd 2006, 17:09

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Originally Posted by NO_H2O

Is it high build primer? If so it will be like that. The first gal. of slick sand I bought was like that off the shelf. I had to take it to Lowes to get them to shake it. That stuff is like spray-on body filler.

Yup, that's the stuff.

None of the 2K primers I've used were ever that badly seperated, so it looked ruined to me. I thought I could just paddle it for a few minutes, activate, and spray. The lady at the SW paint store close by will prolly shake it for me... (rim shot)...Thank you,.. I'll be here all week folks! don't forget to tip the waitresses!

Seriously, was what you used on Joel's Bug like that off the shelf? I'd never heard of that before, but then, I don't do bodywork...

yetibone · #5 October 22nd 2006, 17:40

I just talked to my man in the know. He's going to take my can into work tomorrow, shake it for an hour, and put a stir lid on it for another. He said as long as it's less than a year old, and hasn't been below freezing, it should be fine.

**NO_H2O** · #6 October 22nd 2006, 21:06

yep mine was that thick on the bottom. I bought it off the self and brought it home and broke 2 stirring sticks before I closed it up and took it up to lowes for a good shaking. Like I said, it is spray on bondo. You will need a big tip in your gun to shoot it.

yetibone · #7 October 23rd 2006, 20:16

It's a good thing that primer was all gooped up in the bottom of the can on Saturday...

I just got off the phone with the fellow that painted my TR6. After he got my gallon of primer back to a homogenious liquid, he talked with the Evercoat tech rep regarding Slicksand's adhesion to acid based etch primer...a question I had after reading the label.

Turns out, it won't stick.

Since Slicksand is polyester based, it cannot get a chemical tooth into acid based primers, like body filler, and glazing putty can't. After curing, I would'ive been able to peel it off in sheets from anywhere etch primer is underneath.

So sometime before next weekend, I'll pick up some plain old 2K urethane primer.

yellow73 · #8 October 23rd 2006, 20:04

Yeti,
Glad to hear that you are still at it. Yours is going to be an awsome car, thanks for the updates!!!!

yetibone · #9 October 23rd 2006, 20:19

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Originally Posted by yellow73

Yeti,
Glad to hear that you are still at it. Yours is going to be an awsome car, thanks for the updates!!!!

Thanks Nigel. I do intend to turn this heap of anger and frustration into a drivable car one day.

**NO_H2O** · #10 October 23rd 2006, 23:27

Will it bite the 2K after a coat of that?

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