Seriously, that song has been stuck in my head all day, and all evening! Anyway, this build thread is done for all intents and purposes, but I've got one more topic to add.
I've been on a quest for the h̶o̶l̶y̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶i̶l̶ primer that I can use indoors during the winter. I found several cans of various high build oil based stain blocking primers in my basement, presumably from the makeover that the previous owner gave this house before selling it. They're not particularly low odor, required mineral spirits to clean, and I didn't get particularly good results. But then I decided to try a plain water based exterior primer, and I think that it will be usable, with some limitations. It is not a filler-primer, so it won't work very well to hide any thing like body tube seams. But it did dry quickly and I could sand it the next day.
I used a small, fine brush and slightly thinned the primer to get a smoother application. It took more than one coat to build up a layer, but the coats dried quickly so I did about 3-4 coats in one evening. The brush cleaned up with water and there was no noticeable odor. Two very good things.
Tonight I went over it once with 220 grit to knock down the brush marks, and then sanded with 400 grit. The nooks and crannies are not well sanded, they are hard to access, and I'm not being over particular for this repair job. But the places I could sand came out very nice and smooth. The real test will be to see how the Rustoleum 2x covers on top of this primer.
I took one photo before sanding, and one after, with the shop light at grazing incidence to try and highlight the surface texture.
Lots of brush marks:
The shroud (where I could sand most easily) came out quite smooth enough for this repair job.
