I'm interested to see how much it takes to fill the weave and get it smooth enough for paint from this point. if you can do it with 1.5 ounces, you're definitely onto something. That's ambitious but doable I think. The question will be pinholes and how thirsty that weave is. if it's solid, you da man!!!!!

And if not, you're still way ahead of the curve. primer can be really heavy. I wonder how mixing in a slurry of microbaloons with the first primer coat would work, to fill the weave? That's about the only thing I haven't tried that I theorized may work.

yeah it's cold. It's a shop/sanding/sheeting day for sure [8D]

-M