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Just realized the rain in Amarillo taught me more about primer than any class
Back in 98 I was spraying primer on a Civic in an open bay off Route 66 when a storm rolled in out of nowhere. Humidity jumped to like 90 percent and my primer flashed so fast it looked like sandpaper under the sealer. Old guy named Pete who ran the place next door came over and told me to watch the dew point every morning before I mix, and I've had that number in my head ever since. Any of you check dew point before spraying, or do you just go by feel?
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hall.nina4d ago
Route 66 and a 98 Civic, that takes me back. I sprayed a bumper in my uncle's shop once when the dew point was sitting at 68 and it blushed so bad it looked like a powdered donut. He never let me forget it either, every time I picked up a gun after that he'd ask me what the dew point was like I was supposed to recite it from memory. These days I check my phone app most mornings but honestly half the time I still just stick my hand out and guess. Which means about a quarter of my jobs probably still look like that donut if I'm being honest.
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