Front half is primered
So i got the mask cartridges and pre filters etc. The main carbon filters fit spot on, went with A2 rated filters (ones before were A1) as A2 are rated up to 5,000 particles per minute vs the A1's at 1,000. The prefilters did not fit
they were too deep, so must have been P1 filters in there before, i went with P3 as they are rated higher in terms of their use. They made the adapter stick out just a bit too far to allow it to clamp on, so wrapped some tape around to hold them on.
Didn't set the gun up quite right - found this out half way through... there was too much material delivery, i adjusted but not enough - when spraying you could see the droplets vs. a fine spray on the panel and it had some texture to it, so weren't as atomised as they should have been - i thought it was an air supply / atomisation thing, so opened the fluid / air ratio mix as much as possible but didn't make much of a difference. About half way through i realised i should back off the material delivery a lot more, then it started to spray a lot better and lay down better.
3 coats of Max Meyer 3011 high build primer on the front and back bumper, the hood, the rear trunk filler panel, both fenders, spoiler and some of the steel braces that are in the engine bay. I then painted the inside of the panels in black satin, along with the steel braces, the radiator cover panel and the inner arches (the latter 2 were red but as they weren't perfect, the gloss made them look quite messy).
Noticed a few pinholes in some spots so i will go over those spots with glazing putty, then guide coat the panels and sand down in 320 or 600. I will spot prime these area's when priming the shell of the car. I'm not going for arrow straight anymore - well, i will aim for it, but i don't want to use a long block and have loads of break throughs and have to reprime and block the whole car again - i would rather have it completed sooner, than worry about very slight waves at this point and reprime etc.
I will let the panels breathe for the next week, to make sure the primer is thoroughly cured. During this time i will start on batch 2 - the shell, trunk lid and mirrors. No repairs that need doing as such - the trunk is a bit wavey so i plan to skim that with filler, but the rest needs some glazing putty in a few areas and then sanding with 120 then 180/ 240.
Will add pics tonight, don't have the lead with me that goes from my phone to laptop to get the pics off it.
Cheers!
Ray
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Was gonna really try and prime the shell this weekend (what you see in the pic of the car outside the garage), not sure who likely that is now. I have to skim the bootlid as it's got some waves, need to pop out to get some filler... Just had a thought, maybe i can prep the shell to be able to prime that over the weekend. Then prime the bootlid as a separate piece which could then be done one evening after work as it's a much smaller area. Of course, if things go well enough, i may be able to prep the bootlid for this weekend. 
