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These are the two around me that have the correct color. I'm doing sprayouts right now. The Valspar will need a 4th coat and the Nason will do it in 3. I tried to convert to Standox and DBC but they colors didn't convert worth a crap. Any experiences with these. I usually avoid Nason but...

I'm having trouble getting repeatable sprayouts. I haven't sprayed dbc in 10 years but never had a problem like this. I have little experience spraying white but I can't get sprayouts from day to day match using the same spray technique. Tekna gun with 20psi regulated on the gun. DBC 1:1...

I've had 2 gallons of SPI bedliner that I bought when SPI quit making it. I bought a wrecked shop truck so I sprayed the two gallons in a short bed and tailgate. I had trouble with it chunking up and ended up scrambling to strain it through my blast cabinet screen. Ruined it but I saved the...

I'm out of the loop on modern stuff and this truck I bought has a really fine rocker spray that is rubbery. I had to skin a box side and I want it to match the rest of the truck. Any recommendations on rubbery rocker sprays?

Heres another something that I didn't plan on sharing, but I figured I would since I haven't been able to get far on my Caddy this winter. This is my dads car he bought last winter when he was out in AZ. It came from Desert Valley Auto Parts. Being retired, he has time to drive around and...

I've been doing some repair on a hot rod that used waterborne base. Painted a door and did 3 blends. Took me a while to adjust my blends so they disappeared. Similar but different technique than solvent. It really wanted to hallow around the blend. I don't love it but it doesn't seem to...

Heres a car I wasn't going to post anything on because it isn't mine. But I thought I'd share a few pictures of it. It won a Finish Award from Meguiar's last weekend at the Concourse De Elegange of America. A lot of black cars there but I'd like to thank SPI for having a great black. SPI...

Here is a car that my wife and I bought last summer. This era of car interests me. It was a 30 footer that is snowballing into who knows what. I pulled the engine for new rings/gaskets and a wire harness. It so far has gotten a lot more. I'm working on it evenings and weekends so it won't...

Ok, I needed to reorder some Hexalogic pads this morning. Poking around the web site I came across 8oz cans of wax for as much as 2500 bucks. Some on sale for 850.00 and others more or less. My question is who in their right mind would pay that for wax? But... normal wax isn't in a...

Anyone running LED either strips or troufers in their shops? I'm converting some storage space to more work space. Gonna need some new lights and I might as well buy modern if they work and the light is good. Currently have a combination of t12 and T-8 8' strip lights in the shop now...

Who makes a good wand for spraying rockers and such with epoxy. I have a SEM brand that uses the Walcom bedliner gun with flexible 360 wand but the wand tip isn't the best. Looking for a wand that will do a 360 rocker and know that it's covered, mine is pretty hit and miss when I look with a...

Any old laquer guys around anymore? I learned on laquer but shortly there after we switched to base/clear. 2 fenders sealed with epoxy last night This morning I sprayed the first coat no problem. The second coat on only 1 fender decided to craze. I set it aside and will have to resand...

I bought this new and never used it. Still in original box and packaging. It's about 8 months old and I ended up getting a flex and no longer need this. Makita model 9227cx3 7" sander-polisher kit Comes with variable polisher, 7" wool pad, another 7" fine wool pad, and a nylon bag...

I've been playing with 5000 trizact lately and I like it. I use my usual procedure down to 3000 trizact and the just do the same thing with the 5000 trizact and the finish is half buffed. The final buffed product looks the same but buffing is really reduced. I hate buffing and love the...

Doing a porsche gas tank that was originally gray like epoxy. It's sprayed gray epoxy but needs some texure on the bottom half. Can I mix the two for gray epoxy color with bedliner texture. Would this work right?

Saylor Beall 707 Pressure Lube pump 10hp Three Phase 120 gallon tank Currently rebuilding this pump. New rings,bearings, valves. I don't have three phase to run it but I stand behind the overhaul. $1500 over half of a new one. Especially the pressure lube model. Quincy 7.5hp single...

I'm working on a car with heavy pitting in the sheet metal. I've blasted the surface to clean/pitted metal. Normally I'd do two coats epoxy and then wipe the panel with filler and work from there. I've been thinking about using only the epoxy to fill the pits. I'm not on a time frame so it...

A local fabricator was making a metal dinning room table for a customer and wanted me to satin clear it for him. I wouldn't do it but I did use Shark Hyde on it. It would be nice to have a gal of clear epoxy around as I run into request like this all the time. Not to mention alum parts...

Doing some touch up on some bike stuff. Job comes with some 55 glasurit basecoat only. I found on the web site it's a 2:1 ratio. Can I use SPI urethane reducer in this stuff?

I use 12" durablocks for wet sanding but never found a longer flexible block that I like for 800/1000 wet sanding clear on contoured surfaces. I took a 12" block and ran it through my bandsaw cutting the factory moulding line. This gives me a longer block that is about 1/2" thick that still...