Jaime Ruiz
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the 67 gto is a beautiful car, my favorite. Very nice job now my neck hurts for looking at the pictures sideways lol.
as a painter for over 40 years I know where you are coming from. The boss is the boss for a reason evan if he is wrong. What makes a great painter is the ability to adapt. Keep looking for another job is the only solution to your problem, belive me you cannot change the boses ways and if you keep fighting with him you might loose your job. Good luck.
You should have strip al the way ro the metal before priming. I would suggest to do so now and reprime. Be careful not to get metal too hot while sanding as aluminum is easy to warp. You could try stripper but when you gat to the oem material it could be hard to come off if this happen let dry and finish with a 9 inch sander with 80 grit paper.
dp40 is an exelent sealer with a great rust inhibitor. Just make sure to follow instrucions correctly as to the activators use with it. one activator requires to mix and wait 30 minutes befor applying.
One thing you could also try is using slow dry reducer and if its very hot like it is here near Chicago you can evan use very slow dry reducer. using your sata at low presure(18 or 20 psi) spray with your gun completely sideways. It may take a little practice if you havnt paint this way before but it gets the job done. I paint high end cars such as acuras, infinitis and lexus and have always had good results using this method. Hope this helps.
I have been painting cars since I was 16 years old and am 61 now. It use to be that we were allow to blend any adjacent panel to match but it is different now with all the ecconomy problems we are having. Insurance companys are taking advantage of the situation knowing there are not enough jobs to go around thaus letting the shop to take it or leave it but they just wont pay. Insurance companys are like dogs, they puch the limit to see how far and how much they can get away with and if the shop manager gives them a leed way then next time it will be worse. We as painters only have one solution to the problem of not getting paid for panel blending, quit and go to the next job. In this bussiness nothing is lost when we quit we just change place of employment, I know I have done it at least 20 times in my lifetime.