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I agree with HRP, I’d try lacquer thinner but I’d get it from an auto paint store, get their opinion on which suits you best. I’d use 1/4” fine...
ABN coil spring compressor tool sold on Amazon is the type I’ve had luck with, it compresses the spring and keeps the spring more strait. I keep...
My wife and I moved from Wisconsin to Lafayette Louisiana two years ago. I downsized a lot. Sold what I could, gave the rest away. Had the cars...
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I painted my 65 Belair wagon in 2003 and it started showing some rust around the gas door. I came up with a solid plan, I was...
The thing with round butyl is after it’s placed in the windshield channel you can fine tune it. I take a piece of the wax paper that separates the...
Round, I think 3m makes two or three diameters.
Cool build man, I’m enjoying watching your progress.
They are the best I have ever used, I usually buy them on EBay.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My 62 Belair post, 25 years.
Mark were the flames on your truck painted by the Wizard.
Is the X frame something that limits transmission choice?
I sprayed in a booth for years and had to adapt spraying in my shop at home. A couple things I do is, take my time, use low air pressure when it’s...
I went to a 3m workshop a few years ago and one thing they did was to help with the proper fit of their disposable mask and my fit was effected by...
I moved to Louisiana recently and got my 62 Belair out of storage and trailered down. Last few days I’ve been cleaning getting ready to bring in...
I’d wait a couple days maybe three if it’s cold outside, scuff where you are applying Filler.
Dash pad for my 65 Belair, padded original style 400.00, velour Camo 56.00. I’m going to take a shot at fixing it.
The way I would do it is pick a color that you like and have some mixed up. I only have experience with PPG, often you can get a half of a pint of...
I looked in some of my old color books thinking of a Mercedes color and found this 2004 Honda code G511M. PPG CODE 6210.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I’ve been working on my Belair wagon, I painted it in 2006 and it’s in need of some touching up, I’m not sure yet how much I’m...
This weekend, Dave Alvin and Dickey Betts
Clean the paint gun really good, check that the fluid needle is open all the way when the trigger is pulled all the way open. Reducing the primer...
I also would use a utility knife, I’d try it on the inside first, maybe the rubber is a little softer from not being in the sun. I’d would also...
3M makes a dry silicone spray lubrication that I bought for the double hung windows in my house, I was having issues with the windows in my Belair...
I’ve been listening to Patrick O’Brians Master and Commander book series that I downloaded from the library. Quiet and easy on my frazzled brain.
Jim on tech and registration day are people allowed practice runs.
I rented a old Body Shop in Minneapolis in the 1980’s eventually the fire Marshall came around and wanted to look at my paint storage area. I had...
Google DuPont 3812 fast drying enamel reducer, there should be a few different companies reproducing it, not sure of the cost or what quantity is...
Omni MSDS sheet shows 186 as compatible with 235. I searched MSDS omni 235 for the info.
JJ Cale, Dave Allen and Lyle Lovett.
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