Tindrrel's JR-1M

[wokkaboy]

Sam that's an ideal spray booth. You got cover from falling debris and ventillation, what more do you want !
It's a step up from the tree spray booths we have seen on the forum hahah

[Tindrrel]

Checking this morning to make sure there are no runs in the latest primer coat and I notice this on the front edge of the upper horn.



At some point a ding has crept in. Presumably after I did the grainfiller.

It really is quite small. Less than 1mm across. Probably need to be looking for it to find it (and I sort of was, I was looking for runs though).

Wondering what my options are. Sand it back and fill it then respray? Hope that the layers of top coat will fill it in?

[gavinturner]

Personally I would drop fill it with some clearcoat and sand it back flat.

cheers,
Gav.

[Tindrrel]

Personally I would drop fill it with some clearcoat and sand it back flat.

Any particular reason why clear coat?

Currently just has primer on it.

And while I'm at it, what's "drop fill"?

[WeirdBits]

It depends on how much the dent will annoy you and how far you're willing to go to fix it. You could sand back, fill, sand and re-spray. Or, sand back and steam the dent out, then sand, fill and sand again if needed, then re-spray. If you think you can fill it enough with paint and clear to hide it, then that will be the least involved option.

[Tindrrel]

There's going to be several coats of white, then at least a few of clear yet. Maybe that will fill it.
I could try putting a blob of primer in (is that what Gav meant by drop filling?).

[Tindrrel]

Short bit of research later and some howtos on drop filling and I've used a toothpick to put some primer into the dent. It's really quite shallow. Give it a few days to cure and pay more attention to that section when I come to wet sand the primer.

[Tindrrel]

So I gave the primer coat a light wet sand today and some edges showed through as wood so I figure its back to spraying a couple more coats primer.

[wokkaboy]

so Sam has it only got 1 coat of primer on now ? thats pretty standard to sand through edges of the 1st coat of primer

[Tindrrel]

It has 4 spray sessions of primer on it. Just seems very thin.