Any auto painters on the board?

[Rick Modena]

Sounds easy enough. What's a decent easy to shoot primer? I need to get some dings and rust out of my hood and some metal work here and there. I don't have an inline filter or drier on my compressor... I was thinking it might be a better idea to pay someone to use a booth to shoot it then to try and convert my compressor to be half as good as a proper booth. My local paint shop recommends Matrix paints. The last paint I did was PPG base and 2002 clear.

You can buy inline ball filters and this usually helps, especially if your not shooting in a very humid day. Primer is easy, just be sure to give several minutes flash time in-between coats* and let the primer dry at least over night before guide coat and flat blocking.
*2 coats for P-180 grit or 4 over P-80 grit.

So he really is messican?

Shut up, I'm Hawaiian!

no wonder he hates cops so much..

Not all cops, just the Plano Police Dept. and Matt (03truebluballs)...

[littlemoney]

Most basecoat colors these days are blendable. And yes you wetsand with 1000/1200 grit on the adjacent panel*, I usually sand the entire panel like this and shoot a blend about 25% of the panel and than re-clear the entire panel.

*Or you can use a 3M grey scotch pad and use water/ScuffnStuff in place of wet sandpaper.

^^^This!