Have not updated the blog recently, but we finished priming the test parts, including some sanding in between coats. We experienced some runs because we are newbies and made some mistakes, but that was the whole reason of doing this on test parts, first.
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| Priming the flaps |
Next we decided to prime the flaps. First we did some prep work to remove some glue blobs, iron down any of the pinked tape edges that were slightly raised, and also smooth out the glue lines a bit. We cleaned the parts with alcohol, and hung them up in the paint booth. Next we sprayed a vertical pattern of primer, then waited about 45 minutes, and applied the cross-coat.
We took the parts down and sanded them with 320 grit sandpaper (wet sanding). This also allowed us to remove a run or two that occurred. We hung them back up and applied a second coat of primer. We noticed a few issues in the paint (a run, for example), so we did some more sanding after this. We applied a very light 3rd touch-up coat after the sanding, but only in areas that were thin as we didn't want to add any more weight than we have to.
Overall, we are happy with the first parts we primed, and think they are looking pretty good.
Hours: 10
