The rivets still appear as they typically do and they are still visible when we use a high build primer even when we use a rubber coating on the whole body of the Humvee the appearance of the rivet is still there. Often times we will hand paint the rivets anyway to make them pop better and it definitely adds to the appearance. These Humvee are rough vehicles they were never made or designed to have high gloss coatings on them or to have a look of perfection, therefore there is a lot of work required to get them to look really nice like the civilian Hummers so on occasion it is required to do 2 coats of primer to fill in any of the low spots that may show up after the first coat has been applied. You do not have to sand the primer before adding paint, we are not working with wood here we are working with metal and fiberglass. As for not seeing many civilian Humvee with chipping paint those Vehicles were made with higher-quality in mind therefore they did a better job on them however when expansion and contraction occurs over time some of the rivets can get loose and when they're subjected to vibration when that occurs it will chip or crack the paint. Most people that own the original H1 also keep them garaged they're not sitting outside for their whole life like the military Humvees are. We also don't always have to paint over rubber coating to get the color that we want we are actually able to tint the rubber coating that we use so that we can change the color of it and spray it in many different colors. My point was that when paint is sprayed on this it's a less likely to chip because of the barrier that's created between the paint and the metal surface hits adhered to.
Will use respirators when we sand, paint and primer.
