Al Jacobs
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Has anyone had the guy that always tells you to turn the air pressure down on the gun? That drives me nuts. Then I ask him to show me the “right way” and he turns the pattern down to about 4in and sprayed at about a 16in distance with about 15psi with a gun that requries 35…..”It saves material”:huh:
I’ll point out some obvious waves in the the panel while it’s still in primer and he’ll always say this: “Well, ya see there’s a curve here, a curve right here, a body line there, and a curve goin that way, so it won’t be noticed when it’s painted”
Then when it’s all painted and glossy, I point it out to him again only to get: “I think your eyes are just playin tricks on ya, that panel looks great”
I don’t know if it is just a denial thing, or if they really are not capable of seeing crappy work. Here’s another: The painter I worked with at my last job would rub an old worn out gray scotch brite across a dirty blend panel for 5 seconds and call it done(so that from 5 feet away it looked almost completely untouched). When I asked him about it he explains: “as long as there are some scratches, paint will stick fine”
Man, I could go on all day about some more retarded things I’ve heard from these “veterans”. Just don’t forget that “anything finer than 320 grit will cause adhesion issues for base coat!”:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:you cant tell him anything because he’ll argue his conspiracy theory’s and guesstimates to the death.
“the reason you feel a low spot in my bodywork is because that’s where two polyester fillers feather into each other.”
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These two had me lmao :laugh::laugh: :laugh:
I work with that guy too.:unsure: hmmmm….thanks for the reply guys. I’ll probably use the sharpe for the sealer then (dplf epoxy). What about the devilbiss gfhv-501 with the 1.4mm? In my first post I said my devilbiss was a conventional gravity feed, but come to find out, it ended up being an hvlp (just got it in the mail). Anyone heard of this gun? It is a retired product from devilbiss so I can’t find much info on it. Thanks
thanks for the reply. I think I’ll go ahead and clear with the 1.5. It’s my own car so I have all the time in the world to colorsand and rub if it gets to peely.