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    Beautiful!

    Beautiful!
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    I'm just going by what he said,that he sprayed...

    I'm just going by what he said,that he sprayed the firewall and it turned out fine with the same gun and setting.
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    It,s the angle,try to keep as close to 90 deg. as...

    It,s the angle,try to keep as close to 90 deg. as you can.
  4. With a turbine I have found that if you thin the...

    With a turbine I have found that if you thin the paint a little more,not more the 10% more.The paint man at parts store told me that.
  5. Thread: bolt retainer

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    bolt retainer

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    Where can I get some of these?.They are a bolt retainer from the front fender of a 1957 F 100
  6. I agree with you Mooch.But I have used a airless...

    I agree with you Mooch.But I have used a airless on Cabinets many times,like air better but you gotta take what you get, a 2.9 tip in a airless gives a nice small patern,about 4 in.Over 40 years of...
  7. Paint

    Some of you guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill.Why use 200. a gal car paint when you can go to a paint store and get 50 buck a gal stuff.Latex paint or poly does not break up in a...
  8. First is it paint or varnish?,second it,s a lot...

    First is it paint or varnish?,second it,s a lot easier to shoot the doors with them on if it's varnish.I used a binks7 and I have used a turbine to shoot cabinets.
  9. Thread: Road Tar

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    This stuff is kicked up by the tires.I found that...

    This stuff is kicked up by the tires.I found that is I use a red sanding pad and then a tar remover that it will get them off.I can't figure out what this stuff is.If it was solvent base paint or...
  10. Thread: Road Tar

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    It's on both sides and all 4 tires.

    It's on both sides and all 4 tires.
  11. Thread: Road Tar

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    I have tried all the suggestion and nothing...

    I have tried all the suggestion and nothing works.only way I have found to remove them is to scrape with my finger nail.I am going to contact the Minn. Hyway Dept ans see what that stuff is made...
  12. Thread: Road Tar

    by mkrog1
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    Road Tar

    There are black specks,like road tar, on the rockers and lower fenders.I have tried every thing I can think of to remove it,lacquer thinner, paint thinner,alcohol,soap and water and they will not...
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    enamel

    Because I had the paint.I matched Fords Wilmington white.
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    enamel

    I know you purist are going to go nuts but I used plain old PPG gloss oil base enamel on the bumpers on my F100 and cleared over it ,no problems.
  15. Thread: Clear Coat

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    Good advice.After 40 years in the paint business...

    Good advice.After 40 years in the paint business I know there's a fine line between scratch resistance and brittleness .The hard part is finding the product that does not cross the line,much like...
  16. Thread: Clear Coat

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    What is your house clear?

    What is your house clear?
  17. Thread: Clear Coat

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    Clear Coat

    What is the most scratch resistant clear Coat? I will be using it on the bumpers of my F100
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    The paint store are getting call backs from the...

    The paint store are getting call backs from the body shops!I think they are after market covers not from Chrysler.
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    chrysler bumper cover

    My son wants me to paint a replacement cover for his 2008 Town and Country.My paint suppler said they were having trouble with paint sticking,they handle DuPont.Has any body run into problems with...
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    binks 7

    Wasn't the 7 a "bleeder" gun?.if so it will pass air when the trigger is closed.
  21. Thread: Tack Cloth

    by mkrog1
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    tack rag

    Use regular varnish and paint thinner ,mix real thin.one part varnish to at least 4 parts thinner.Take some cheese cloth and let it soak in the mixture long enough to saturate,then squeeze to get the...
  22. House Paint

    Thin Latex paint only with water.I never have had good luck spraying latex paint with ether a HVLP or conventional gun.Latex has to be thinned to much ,so paint will run.
    Go to a paint store not HD...
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    This Scrubbing Bubbles is this the stuff you can...

    This Scrubbing Bubbles is this the stuff you can buy in the store for cleaning bath tubs?
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    Plain old paint thinner.

    Plain old paint thinner.
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    enamel

    Dusty,I don't think xylene will dry much faster then naptha.The valspar hardener works good but does not seem to speed up drying.For alkyd enamel don't go to a auto paint jobber but a paint...
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    dulux

    Dulux is just plain old paint.Never heard of putting drier in it except when you put a lot of color in white.Unopened it will last for years.Brushed gallons of the stuff on cabinets at the Mayo...
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    lacguer thinner

    I have used lacquer thinner a lot and it also will pull down the sheen
  28. Thread: urethane drying

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    sanding

    I was wondering about that but I seen no color in the sanding dust.
  29. Thread: urethane drying

    by mkrog1
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    urethane drying

    Does 2 part urethane clearcoat dry" evaporation of solvents" or as I would think by chemical reaction"hardens like bondo".I sprayed a door and top of my truck with base and then stared to clear, got...
  30. Thread: omnl clear

    by mkrog1
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    omnl clear

    Is there any reason why I can't reduce Omnl 161 clear.I'm talking a cap full of reducer in a pint of mixed paint.
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