When we got back home, the cloud layer covered 80% of the sky and the gusts kept on rolling so there was no thought of spraying primer. I am aware though that it will take some time until it is getting warmer again and I am really worried that I might run of usable weather to get the skins ready before it will be constantly below 45 degrees. As today was the last day of the weekend and my only chance to prime the bottom skins before next weekend (which I wanted to use for the top skins and get it over with), I needed an idea how to prime in windy conditions.
It was then when I realized that I don't have to use the HVLP gun to prime the skins. They explicitly say that you can use any method to get the primer onto the metal with Cortec-373. You can spray it, roll it, brush it and even dip it. So, I scrounged through my painting utensils and soon found a nice synthetic short hair roller that was perfect for the job. Fortunately the skins are all flat and perfectly suited for roll application. Good choice as it turned out because just when I started rolling the primer on, it then started raining on top of the gusts. And I was snuggly covered by the house and the patio cover working on the lee side of the wind. After two hours I had put two coats on each skin and now they are stacked in my workshop with the heat turned on to dry them.
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