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Why does nobody talk about how 90 percent of a panel repair is just cleaning, not painting
I used to think the paint gun was where the skill lived. That got flipped on me two weeks ago when a painter at a shop over in Garland let me watch him do a full respray on a rear quarter. He spent almost three hours wiping, tacking, blowing out seams with air, and degreasing before he ever mixed color. Actual spray time? Maybe twenty minutes. I counted because I was bored and honestly a little annoyed at first. He said most comebacks he sees are dirt and fisheyes, not bad color match, and that tracks with the nibs and trash I keep finding in my own work. I always rushed the prep because I figured the gun was the real job. Now I keep a separate rag bucket and do two full wipe downs, and the last three jobs came out cleaner than anything I did all summer. So what are you all doing for prep on a full panel, one wipe or two, and are you tacking between coats or just before color?
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