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A painter at a shop in Fresno said blending is 80% prep, and I keep seeing it on my jobs
I was picking up some supplies at a jobber in Fresno last week and an old painter there said blending a panel is 80% prep and 20% spraying. I used to rush the prep and chase the blend with the gun, and it always looked a little off under the shop lights. Last Friday I spent 40 extra minutes sanding and prepping a quarter panel on a silver Civic, and the blend came out cleaner than anything I did all month. Silver is unforgiving too, so I was kind of shocked it went that smooth. Now I'm second guessing how much time I usually give to prep on a normal blend job. How long do you guys actually spend prepping before you even touch the gun?
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wendy6287d ago
Friend of mine runs a small shop over in Modesto and he had a silver Tacoma come in with a door blend that a rookie had rushed. Kid spent maybe ten minutes on prep and thought he could fog it in with the gun. Under the shop lights it looked fine but out in the sun it was a mess, tiger stripes and a hard edge you could feel with a fingernail. My buddy ended up redoing the whole thing and ate the cost on it. He told me after that he won't let anyone touch a silver blend without at least a half hour of prep and a good look at it under daylight before spraying. Prep is boring and nobody wants to hear it but that old painter in Fresno is right.
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