21
Spent $45 on a infrared temp gun and regret not buying it sooner
Was fighting with a paint job that kept bubbling on me last week. Finally borrowed my buddy's infrared temp gun and realized my panel was 20 degrees hotter than I thought. For $45 at Harbor Freight it saved me from having to sand and reshoot the whole door. Anyone else use one to check panel temps before laying down paint?
3 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In3 Comments
sageadams19d ago
Man I felt this one in my soul. Spent TWO weekends chasing a blistering clearcoat before I figured out I was baking panels in direct sun like a potato. My Harbor Freight gun is now the most abused tool in my box.
2
grantf7316d ago
Dude, "most abused tool in my box" got me. That Harbor Freight gun has seen things. Two weekends is brutal though. @sanchez.pat, I think that's the kind of mistake we've all made at least once. I painted a whole fender on a cloudy day and it looked perfect. Then the sun came out and it wrinkled up like a raisin.
2