The heat has finally broken, and I've finally been able to start painting the 850. Painting takes a long time for me- days if things are going well, or weeks/months if they aren't. One of the things I like about acrylic laquers are that you can always stop, back off, and fix whatever issues you may find. Painting so far is going well, yet not every day has been paintable. But I'll give it what time it needs so I can be fully happy with the end results.
This is after the first light coats of paint.
The first few coats are misted on, as much to detect any flaws as to build up color. As soon as a little color is present flaws and texture I didn't catch in the primer become much more visible.
And so this is of course the time to fix them. If it's not done now, they will be permanently visible under the paint and clearcoat.
And here I'm finally building up color. It's certainly not fully opaque yet- I'm about half done here.
But I'm
really liking the color on this body. Hopefully it shouldn't take more than another two or three painting sessions.
More to come. Today is rainy, tomorrow we'll see....