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Originally Posted by rspears

Thanks for the comment! Today I went ahead and sanded the frame smooth, figuring that at a minimum that was going to be necessary, and at worst I will have to sand deeper. I also spent some time rotating the frame, planning the spray patterns for color and color/clear. I'm hoping that the new filter and line will solve the problems, and that I will have color & clear on tomorrow afternoon. Fingers remain firmly crossed tonight!!

I don't know if you have a detail gun, or if your primary gun can be adjusted down to a narrow fan, either one helps get around nooks, crannies, and small diameter tubing, otherwise a lot of material ends up as overspray.

Well, both guys at the paint store (experienced painters, not just paint sellers) are scratching their heads along with me. This morning I visited them, taking along a condensate sample from my filter, and we talked about every step of the process. I explained that before leaving home I took a sheet of glass, cleaned it well, and directed an air stream at it for two to three minutes getting zero residue. They believed that buying a coallescing filter was a waste, since there was zero evidence of oil. We discussed the possibility of hose deterioration, so I bought a new Flexzilla hose and DeVilbliss quick connect and headed home. I installed the new hose, hooked up the gun and mixed up a small batch of black urethane. Shot the frame and had immediate fisheyes so after snapping a few pictures I cleaned it off with thinner. I grabbed a piece of plate, ground off the mill scale, cleaned it with wax & grease remover and shot color - nasty fisheyes!!

Back to the paint store we went through every step and could not find any smoking guns. I came home with a loaner SATA gun to try, instead of the Harbor Freight Purple Wonder (wonder why I bought it????) There is no rational explanation, but the SATA gun layed down paint very close to glass finish. There were a few little flaws in the test area, but nothing like I had seen before. After talking to my paint guy I prepped several pieces and shot color and color/clear. Results were great, in my opinion.

Tomorrow I will do a quick prep on the frame and get it shot early, before taking the SATA gun back Again, I cannot explain the fisheyes with the HF gun, but my two are going in the trash, or at least in a box in the corner for now....