big long roof

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jerry

i think i have to throw the time line out the window between coats on the epoxy and 2k regular primer. 53 chevy wagon .i had to get me some dry wall walk up's so i can get to middle of roof. welded the holes where the red light,spot light and radio ant. were.sprayed epoxy on yesterday . walk up's are 48'' long . i have 2 so i can walk front to back of car then move them to other side and shoot it. move them back to where i started refill gun and spray 2nd wet coat .epoxy looks nice.no time in between. now the 2k might be a different story.should i reduce it to keep it wet from one side to the other? then jump back on for 2nd wet coat? this is a big roof.my road runner i can stand on ground and reach center.[ walk up's are 48'' long x 12'' wide with a step bar. perfect for geting to top on this car]
 
When painting, moving steps etc. around is not good, and should be eliminated or minimized as much as possible. If you are eventually going to do the paint yourself, you may as well figure out a system now to where you can go from one side of the roof to the other in a minimal amount of time. Drywall benches are kinda spendy imo, all we usually use is old metal 5 gal pails with a 10' 2x12" plank laid across them. If that's not high enough, we let the air out of the tires, lol. Nicer and safer arrangements exist, but this allows full access to both sides at once on the cheap.
 
And if you can break the paint into a few sessions it makes it a lot easier. If you can paint the roof first then mask it off and paint the lower half. Did a lot of full sized vans that way as they usually had a drip rail or seam to mask from.
 
thats what i did bob. just the top.one question i have is i can get to the top real easy but i get a sand paper finish in middle of roof and only takes 30 seconds to get to other side and start spraying.its about 6" wide. the rest of the roof is nice. 2k primer. epoxy went on slick all the way across.
 
I don't know your spray technic. What works best for me is to start spraying the roof on the outside close to you and work to the center. Go to the other side and pickup in the center where you left off then chase the wet edge till you reach the other side. After sanding the first spray session I often will reduce the next coat in order to get it a little slicker for ease of sanding with a finer grit before painting.
 
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