

| Subject: | Primer |
| From: | ed donnen |
| Date: | Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:53:51 -0400 |
I finally got far enough along with my body work to try my hand at spraying primer. This could only go well. First I could not get the top off. I tried everything: pulling, screwdriver, and finally banging the top on the driveway. Of course, the top came off along with the nozzle, which promptly proceeded to roll under the Doka to the exact center of the truck. Any angle to retrieve it would fall about three inches short so I finally had to play war dog and crawl under the truck until I could retrieve the recalcitrant nozzle. Then of course, the nozzle wiggled around and would not stay on so I just gave it a good push and thus primed the palm of my hand before the errant nozzle took off again for parts unknown under the truck. After hand cleaning, back to playing war dog and gaining the upper hand on the nozzle. This time, I figured, I would hold the nozzle in place with masking tape reducing the wiggle factor. This got two fingers primed as well. After cleaning up my hand I decided to get serious so I taped my index finger to the nozzle, to the can. This got things sort of aligned so I tried priming the body putty, but things got sticky, then unstuck, so now my ear and half my glasses are primed. And let us not mention the mustache. Never mention the mustache. Primer does not taste that good, either. With one final force of will I got everything cleaned up and using both hands to steady the nozzle forced it on to the stem and having successfully sprayed a small plant on the side of the driveway I went for the body putty. To make a long story short (too late!) I sprayed the body putty and finished just as the nozzle fell off to one side where it dangled on half dried primer. Did I mention I had been working outside in 100 degree heat for several hours? Maybe the heat contributed to the saga. Ed- the one with really clean fingers
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