Every thing will show up in the final finish. Every wave, dip, nick and scratch in the
primer, every edge that is not fully feathered, every blemish will show thru.
A paint job is 98% preparation and laying on the paint is just the topping on the cake.
You can spend many long days prepping a panel and it will take longer to clean the gun
up than it does to lay down the final finish. But......If that taint done correctly you will be
back to sanding again.
I spent a total of about a couple of weeks on the front clip of my '50 and rather than screw
up all that work. I paid a guy that paints for a living, who had the proper equipment and
setting to lay down the top coat. Took him a total of about 1 1/2 hours to lay down the
acrylic enamel and that was with his handling and clean up. It cost me $125 bucks to have
this done and I didn’t know the guy.
In the final stages of your sanding you should be wet sanding the surfacer. Putting
some good light on it while it's wet will show you where the blemishes are. Unless you’re
shooting for a trophy winner show truck you just may have to live with waves, dips and
what not. If you’re just building a driver then you can settle for less than perfection, as I
did here:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/139199169/large DG
