Project Dajiban

[datsunfreak]

We also had planned to repaint the hood for an event that Tim is taking the van to next month. Got it sanded down smooth and all the rock chips gone, then primed the bare metal spots...

 

 

 

Got it scuffed and ready to shoot, but that did not work out as planned. 

 

See, we were getting tired of the sub-par results we got from doing a piece this big with rattle cans, so we decided to buy a real paint gun and real paint to shoot it with this time. It was at this point, everything went sideways. 🙃

 

We did not buy the correct paint (it was water based), so when we tried to thin it down with thinner, that failed epicly (didn't know at this time it was water based). So we tried to shoot some of it not thinned down, but it's just too thick for this gun. Did not realize it was water based until way too late to do anything about it. I should have known when it had almost no smell whatsoever. 😄

 

So we are going to let that cure until Saturday, sand it off and start over with the correct paint this time. I am confident that after learning everything not to do on the first go, we can do a much better job on the second go. 👍

[EDM620]

Like Benny Hill said, "Always Learning" 🙇‍♂️