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Vent: a painter with 30 years in the booth told me my blends were trash and he was right
Last spring I was doing a rear quarter blend on a silver Camry out of my shop near Fresno and I thought it looked fine in the bay lights. An old painter named Ray walked by, looked at it for maybe 5 seconds, and said "you're blending into the door, not the panel, that silver's gonna flip on you in the sun." I was pretty annoyed, but I moved my blend zone back onto the quarter, dropped my air pressure, and did a wet bed like he showed me. Next day in daylight the difference was stupid obvious, my old way had a hard line I never saw inside. Now I want to know, how many of you learned blending from someone actually watching over your shoulder, or did you just figure it out on your own?
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sam_wood602d ago
That Ray guy sounds like he knew what he was doing but I gotta disagree that you can't learn this stuff on your own. I've been spraying for 12 years and never had anyone hovering over me, I just burned through a lot of material and messed up enough jobs to figure out where silver flips. The trick is you gotta pull it outside in real sun before you call it done, not trust the bay lights no matter how good they look. Sitting in a shop watching one old dude doesn't teach you half of what five years of your own screwups will. Some guys need a hand on their shoulder, others just need to eat a comeback or two.
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