{"id":4893,"date":"2021-03-09T20:48:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2021-03-14T09:42:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:42:14","slug":"paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>When all the bodywork is complete, the fiberglass shell and adjoining door jam seams are primed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4894\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4894\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"992\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer.png 1200w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer-330x273.png 330w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer-1024x847.png 1024w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/primer-768x635.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Primer coat applied after all bodywork is complete<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4899\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4899\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1.png 1500w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1-330x266.png 330w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/wood-bed-1-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bed walls re-coated with Raptor and varnished wood bed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4902\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4902\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan.png 1200w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan-330x248.png 330w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/wp-content\/uploads\/complete-roll-pan-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lettered tailgate skin blends into rear body profile<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In most cases, the final paint is applied immediately after the primer, but we have decided to pause a while. This provides the time to double check all the functionality and to pressure test the seams. We hope small cracks DO NOT appear along critical joins like the surround corners to the quarter panels. But if they do, the repair is much easier to do when at the primer stage.<\/p>\n<p>After a few weeks of hard driving, we&#8217;ll be ready for the finish paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background When all the bodywork is complete, the fiberglass shell and adjoining door jam seams are primed. In most cases, the final paint is applied immediately after the primer, but we have decided to pause a while. This provides the time to double check all the functionality and to pressure test&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4904,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions\/4904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krissmotors.com\/ute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}