Ed, it is from people like you, guys that know what they are doing and
have years of experience doing it well, that I learn. I envy those of
you who, like Ed, make a job like this look easy. Compared with how much
I fumble and struggle.

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RJS

On 07/31/2011 12:53 PM, ed donnen wrote:
> 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