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A possible whacky side effect is that the carrier being drawn into the bondo may in fact work to soften the bondo. And when the paint layer dries, the carrier trapped down in the bondo will not be able to rise and easily evaporate through the skin of the paint. It may cause sort of a blister type effect as the gas evaporating from the bondo and gets trapped under the paint skin.

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Argh - didn't think about that.......

Thanks for your input. I think I'll wait a few days before I try and prime the bondo areas or try and do any more coats.

The bondo is mainly a skim coat in the areas where I had to use it, so hopefully that will lessen the potential effect you referred to.

I new it would be easier to cover if I primed it, I just got overanxious since I finally had some time and the weather was co-operating.

After pulling the car outside in the sun I found a whole bunch of minor prep areas that need to be addressed, so I just need to back down and take my time and do it right.

But overall - this is still AWESOME!

Thanks again.

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Crazy amounts of peel. I thinned but it's just the weather/paint combination. Anyway here is brightside sapphire blue..

I have 4 coats on. I think I will do 2 more then hopefully I'll be able to wet sand out the peel and polish without having to add anymore paint.

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Don't know if I can thin w/mineral spirits - I know the epoxies can be thinned with acetone and acetone disolves foam of any kind like acid (ever pour acetone into a styrofpam cup ? Pours straight through the bottom !)

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Marq thanks for the advice!

Would you wet sand (or dry sand) 800 grit? I've been wet sanding lightly every 2 coats so it's due for a sanding really. My first wet sand was 600 grit.

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I would be tempted to wet hand sand at 800 grit at this point. You will be able to judge how smooth things are going as you rinse off the debris or sludge during the wet sanding.

Also... I find that when you are wetsanding your hands can begin to automatically detect when you have things nicely smoothed by how easily the sandpaper glides over the wet surface.

It is sort of like driving a car and once you reach a certain speed... you don't bother looking at your speedometer because you are judging your speed by the sound of your exhaust...

I guess with this roller project that is where it becomes very Star Wars like... " let yourself feel the force... let it become you... and the force will be with you ". Same goes for wet sanding the orange peel at this particulr point in your project...

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I'm going for it. My weapon of choice... Top Secret TS-4 urethane-reinforced with their thinner. When asked what I used for paint, "That's Top Secret" will sound better than "I rolled it with boat paint".

I'm anxious to see the final Petitt Camaro results. I believe it's a similar paint to what I'll be using. Wish me luck.

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Quick prep question:

I've rolled on the first couple coats, and now see some areas that might require bondo touch up.

Most of them are small - like the size of a quarter or less. Can I just rough up the area with maybe 400 grit and bondo over the paint or do I need to sand back down to primer or to bare metal?

Or just re-prime it and bondo over the primer?

Thanks!

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I'm going for it. My weapon of choice... Top Secret TS-4 urethane-reinforced with their thinner. When asked what I used for paint, "That's Top Secret" will sound better than "I rolled it with boat paint".

I'm anxious to see the final Petitt Camaro results. I believe it's a similar paint to what I'll be using. Wish me luck.

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From everything I have read about the 'Top Secret' paint... I think you should have excellent results. And the fact that they have such a huge color palette to choose from is a wonderful bonus.

And possibly your results will present a very viable polyurathane alternative to the Brightside... Good luck.

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Thanks. The color selection was the deal-maker for me. I tried out Rustoleum's "Catepillar Yellow" farm implement paint first because it was available in spray bomb and can, but it was too bright... kinda school-bussy, so I settled on Top Secret "Retreat" because it was as close as I'll probably get to "Grey Poupon" Yellow and I've seen incredible results from the marine paints thus far. Here's what I'm starting with...

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Marq, I wet sanded the entire car (about 3 hours worth) with 800 grit. It was 95% no peel uniform surface I'd say.. I then went and washed it off and then let it sun dry. Surface looked excellent.

I rolled another coat thinned about 40% mineral spirits. It went on so smooth. At this point for 5 coats I've used 1 and 3/4 quarts of brightside. I still have a 1/4 quart left for a coat tomorrow and then a full quart to do jams and touch up's.

I must thank you again though you saved my finish! The car looks like a glassy very glossy surface again! I'm so excited to do the next coat and then reassemble most of the trim! I'll take pictures when done.

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