[Zeke]

I guess I should mention that I'm a qualified auto painter having painted my first of many in 1968. I used Dupont Centari for 40 years until it could no longer be had anyway you tried. The last of the last was coming out of Mexico @ $40/gal when over the counter at body and paint supply was 120. (Now it's what? over $500/gal?) I tinted it myself.

All I'm trying to do here is save a little money and a bit of work. I have some hardener and some medium acrylic enamel solvent. Worst case, I buy a pint of something and mix it and then spray it. Currently I have well over a dozen guns from a 2 quart pressure pot, gravity, siphon (with different fluid nozzles and air caps for various viscosities), detail and air brush. In the collection is even one of the famous Binks Model 7's (a workhorse) and 3-4 throw aways that just keep going. Plus a Graco airless. No stranger to painting and shooting gel coat.

These days I mostly shoot conversion varnish as well as shellac. I did refresh the hoods and top on the Jag last Fall including the rear bumper. I ran out of material just as I was laying down the gloss coat. The front bumper is a complicated piece with molded grills and it faces mostly about 45º downward. Not a fun piece to remove nor prepare. So, I wasn't unhappy that I let it go for the time being. But the time has come now that someone backed into me (and of course left no note).

I'll give a couple of the posts some follow up. Thanks for now. I'll buy it in the morning.