If I have sanded every millimeter with 180 to the point of leaving my DNA on the car, re-epoxy primed all bare metal sandthroughs and then wiped with wax and grease remover till the towels are clean after wiping, what else could I do to properly prep for the Raptor liner?

You are doing a very good job on your car,that's a lot of work sanding over and over but it is gone to be very well done and you will be happy with it,when you start seeing some blue paint soon all the extra work will pay off,great job so far.:thumbsup:

Thanks Jeff! I'm dreading the next round of sanding that is currently waiting on me. My hands are still not healed from the first round:) Fortunately, I won't need to sand the car as extensively this round as the last.

I take back anything negative I said about the HOK epoxy. I wasn't used to spraying it, so I wasn't enjoying spraying it. It is a high build epoxy, which I'm not used to spraying. I was trying to spray it too fast. I was letting the gun work me rather than me work the gun. This stuff, though, lays out slick as glass and is a breeze to sand. It takes very little effort to sand smooth. This has to be some of the easiest sanding paint I've ever sanded.

I'd say HOK has made an excellent product. I'll keep using this and will slow down next time. Maybe I'll like better how it sprays then:)

Woes in the shop:

I was out in the garage yesterday afternoon installing my dash and I loud boom went off in my garage and then my air lines were leaking. I freaked out and started, at first, running out of the garage. Before I could get out, I looked over at where the air was rupturing out from and noticed my cheap plastic water trap I've had setup on my wall had exploded after 11 years of use. Man, talk about a heart stopper. Luckily, nothing was damaged or hurt and I already had a new and better water trap to install. I just hadn't ever gotten around to putting it on.

As I was half way through my first cup of spraying epoxy the other day, my swivel I had attached to the end of the air line shot the o-ring seal out of it and began rupturing air. I had to quickly remove it from the equation and fix the air hose so I could get back to spraying.

Needless to say, I've had a few air line issues in the shop lately. Hopefully that is all of the excitement I will experience.

Jeremy ... things are looking good, I'm glad you figured out the HOK epoxy dilemma. I know if things aren't going smoothly I get frustrated ..... you are doing a great job :excited:

Good luck with the Raptor liner ...." if it's worth doing it's worth doing right!" .... Dad.

:poke: That is nearly Perfect... now all you have left is to re-sand every square millimeter and wipe it down to remove your DNA and you should be good to go!:stirthepot:

I am kind of partial to that Frankenstein green epoxy, what sort of Blue are you going to use? I was thinking you were doing Silver for some reason.

I just recently plumbed my garage with 3/4" rigid pipe, with about 30' before my big 3/4" Norgren water trap/filter., followed by a 1/2" filter/regulator and a new Flexzilla reel.

Thanks Chief! Your father is a wise man

I'm gonna be slow sanding this car on round two. It took me around five days the first go around. Thankfully I don't have any sanding to doin the interior. I thought about painting it, but after ling it all with Dynamat, there really wouldn't be any reason to paint there anymore.

You know, at first I thought this is a terribly color to make the primer, but it's extremely bright and shows up all the imperfections quite well. It certainly has made the interior not feel like a cave anymore.

Post up some pics of your new setup on your build thread. I bet that took you a good weekend to get all plumbed up. When redid mine a couple years ago it took me a good day to redo all mine after I installed my new compressor

I managed to get about halfway through the second round of sanding this afternoon. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get through the other half till after I let my fingers heal up for a few days. I don't think I can even pick up a piece of sandpaper right now if I wanted to:buttkick:

Anyone know how much of this area in the picture needs seam sealing? All the seams here or just some of them?

Forgot to mention what color I'm using. I'm going with HOK fine metallic Stratto blue