October 10, 2004

Cameron came by today to prime some parts, so I quickly prepped the fuselage skin behind the canopy and it’s stiffeners so I could shoot them at the same time. What a disaster it turned out to be… Not the finish, but the palava we had trying to actually get to paint it. We mixed up the paint, and I hung the gun up in the paint booth. I went in to paint, and for some reason, the hose wouldn’t connect to the gun. Strange, I just had the pnuematic cleco pliers attached! So, Cam went to get his hose. He came back, connected it all up, and I hung up the gun again coz I decided I needed to cover my shoes, since they were nice ones and I didn’t want overspry on ’em. Here’s a pic… Anyone seen the film ‘Snatch’?!!

Then, I heard a thud. The gun had dropped to the floor. Doh! Paint everywhere. Nice. Well, there was still enough in the gun to shoot my parts, but Cam had to mix up what was left of our primer for his. Then, to top it off, while he was spraying in the booth, he trod in the paint spill! Double doh! Unfortunatley, I forgot to take pics of theprimed items, but there isn’t much to see until topcoat is on anyways. We may do that tomorrow if the weather is nice.