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  1. tomsteve

    Counterfeit products

    I see the reply on the video. good to read elsewhere that they are taking this seriously. too many companies that dont GARA and will still sell counterfeited product.
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    Rookie Painter with a SANDING/BUFFING Question

    even single stage metallic is not good to sand
  3. tomsteve

    Post your shop tour here!

    whats the story behind that old relic in the background?
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    A little rust repair job I did a few years ago… :D

    im gonna go with one of these https://www.harborfreight.com/170-amp-dc-240v-migflux-cored-welder-68885.html
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    SL-C Super Light Kit Car

    oh yeah. very clean paint job,IMO. there were quite a few nice bikes there but this one grabbed me. the paint is awesome. I haven't been to autorama in about 7 years. if I go again I gotta find out how I can walk around without a bajillion people there.
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    SL-C Super Light Kit Car

    one of the nicest bikes at the show,imo. pics don't do it justice.
  7. tomsteve

    thoughts on this hood

    this is better left to the pros at earl shieb:p I think there's still one in Cleveland!
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    thoughts on this hood

    welp, that went well for me anyways. I didn't get any pics but didn't take long after Poppin the hood to say replace. I don't know what happened. was told no overheating, no fire but something happened as the underside looked like the top except less rust. the front lip in one dime size spot is...
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    thoughts on this hood

    the bubbling paint along that lip caught my attention,too. ill be talking to her and seeing it in person later today. we shall see if my feeling of "walk away" changes but I don't think it will- even if she looks like the woman in Chris Hamilton's avatar. :)
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    thoughts on this hood

    that's what I'm wondering. I was told the paint just started peeling off. how long ago I don't know but it looks like its been a while and why,"just started peeling off." theyve taken it to a couple of body shops. so far no one will touch it so I was sent me this pic and asked if I could fix...
  11. tomsteve

    thoughts on this hood

    I'd like to know what ya'll think about this. easy repair/paint or better off replacing.
  12. tomsteve

    Painting Outdoors

    because ya had no fresh air intake and exhaust and it looks like the plastic isn't fully enclosing the spray area.
  13. tomsteve

    Stuck on solid SS gloss issue

    my experience with sheen is more in poly and varnish used in woodoworking but i think it applies to auto paint,too. im sure ill be corrected if im mistaken. poly and varnish start as gloss. flattening agents are added at different proportions to make the different sheens- semi gloss, satin...
  14. tomsteve

    My first SPI project - 2007 Acura TL

    advise- get a project vehicle and keep workin. i suggest the neighbors pickup. too many white rams on the road.
  15. tomsteve

    71 Chevelle Repaint.

    someone got their bodywork edumucatin at the Rednek Kolluj Uv Oughtow Bodee Fixun Er UP!
  16. tomsteve

    2 car garage paint booth

    only 1 hair?!?!?! they are awesome dogs but just thinking about petting one and i have husky hair appear.
  17. tomsteve

    Epoxy Primer "Spatter" Question

    i have a bit of experience with the devilbiss startingline gun- a 1.3 for base/clear and 1.8 for primer. with the 1.3 i could get base to lay ok but clearcoat- couldnt spray without OP showing up. the 1.8 primer gun was no different. primer was always OP. the startingline guns dont atomize the...
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    any thoughts on what to use on this rust?

    thanks for the info. reads like this is what i should suggest. K9 stray rescue league in oxford is the rescue. they pull dogs from detroit, genesee, and saginaw AC plus help a rescue out of arkansas called the artimis project. usually do a run once a month to springfield, IL to pick up a van...
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    any thoughts on what to use on this rust?

    thanks all for the suggestions. now to write em down, look into each, and narrow it down.
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    any thoughts on what to use on this rust?

    funding to replace has been going on for a few years. theyre 3/4 of the way there. not sure about the grants but i hear ya there. i used to volunteer at another rescue that built a mulit million dollar state of the art new facility on grants and a couple of deep pockets...
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