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Old 12-16-2008, 04:23 AM
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Don't go thinkin I'm any expert. A long time good mate of mine is a pro painter. Used to paint and touch up luxury sedans etc. An artist with a paint gun.

He's painted a few cobras and recently finished a corvette repaint for a very fussy client. He "sees" and "feels" things that most of us can't.

I once visited him during a "quick and nasty" as he calls some paint jobs ( mostly track cars) and asked why he was ready for top coat when it appeared to me to have some high spots.

His comment was that the job had some high spots because the client wanted the car in a hurry, but that the high spots would disappear after a few months. He was right, after 6 months the high spots had completely gone.

I just repeat what he has taught me over the years.
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