> I'm getting ready to start painting my mutt, and I was wondering what
> people are using to thin the primer and paint. I have Gillespie Coatings
> Zinc phosphate primer and Gillespie 383 Carc substitute. I called Rapco
> and they said use 20% Zylene, but apparently no one around me carries it,
> although one paint distributor said it's just lacquer thinner, so I got a
> gallon of that, but I want to be sure I'm not mis-matching. This is my
> first attempt at painting, so I don't expect tremendous results, but I
> would like to avoid un-nessecary problems. I've got a general purpose
> autmotive gun, 5 hp 30 gal compressor, two filters, one at the regulator
> and one at the gun, respirator, goggles etc. and I'll pick up some acetone
> to wipe the freshly blasted parts with. Anything else??
>
> One more thing - I've noticed that much of my mutt (Canadian) had been
> brush painted by hand (Green and Black). A guy from a nearby base said
> that this was done intentionally by the Canadian army to assist in
> nonuniform heat dispersal. Does this sound reasonable, or was the brush
> painting just a quick and dirty way to get our colours on the jeeps?
>
> Thanks
> Todd R. Trask
> '74 Mutt
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