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Destin, I am going to need some private time when the bows and soft top go back on!!!
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A new spraying needs about 3 month until the paint is wholly dry.nope no paint smell at all
So I am thinking that is a good sign
Don`t polish your truck in this time only use water & car shampoo to clean it.
By the way I never polish my cars/trucks.
Cheers
Peter
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Good to know
No plans for polishing either.
This s\truck will actually get used
I need no showroom condition
so I wax them twice a year that`s all.
Cheers
Peter
...dry means: Hardened
Destin - Sensation!!!, I have been flatout for a little while now and keeping up with the thread has been tough - I was wrapped when you went on Holiday.
The paint job looks excellent and as with the multitudes watching I can't wait to see it re-emerge.
Top Job!!
Cheers Dobster
The paint job looks excellent and as with the multitudes watching I can't wait to see it re-emerge.
Top Job!!
Cheers Dobster
Living in the Past
SILVER Star
It needs time to cure is correct. But location has a lot to do with it too. Here in the dry desert in the middle of summer it's probably shorter. Almost like a baked finish. Portland, Oregon in the middle of winter in a non-heated garage wouldn't be as quick. I lived in the Portland area in the past. There is a reason it's so green.
You could always ship it to me after it's all back together. I will keep it until it really cured. I could also do some custom desert pinstriping for you.
It needs time to cure is correct. But location has a lot to do with it too. Here in the dry desert in the middle of summer it's probably shorter. Almost like a baked finish. Portland, Oregon in the middle of winter in a non-heated garage wouldn't be as quick. I lived in the Portland area in the past. There is a reason it's so green.
You could always ship it to me after it's all back together. I will keep it until it really cured. I could also do some custom desert pinstriping for you.
absolut correct, temperature also plays a role.
Destin ship it to him, but keep the ignition key
Cheers
Peter
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It needs time to cure is correct. But location has a lot to do with it too. Here in the dry desert in the middle of summer it's probably shorter. Almost like a baked finish. Portland, Oregon in the middle of winter in a non-heated garage wouldn't be as quick. I lived in the Portland area in the past. There is a reason it's so green.
You could always ship it to me after it's all back together. I will keep it until it really cured. I could also do some custom desert pinstriping for you.
haha
Well It was in a shop for 4 days with a big propane heater running at about 80 degrees
I might be running a space heater in the shop I have it in now if that helps ( at least while I work on it as i will not be so cold
)I am gonna think the best case scenario, but I will be cautious as you all mentioned
Did the paint shop bake it? My friends jeep was painted, then the paint booth was heated to like 140 degrees for a few hours I think. I know they told him it was pretty much fully cured once it came out of the booth.
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some slightly better photos from today :
See some small dents in two of your hub caps
Would`nt buy new caps, a good
craftsman can remove the dents, I think.
Cheers
Peter
Would`nt buy new caps, a good
craftsman can remove the dents, I think.
Cheers
Peter
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See some small dents in two of your hub caps
Would`nt buy new caps, a good
craftsman can remove the dents, I think.
Cheers
Peter
yeah definitely
mark from Mark's off road offered to hammer them out, might take him up on it down the road. Chromer said the metal is a bit thin, and rechroming might make them kinda fragile....
Who knows Maybe Ehsan's Hubcaps will be ready by then
Mark is great guyyeah definitely
A)mark from Mark's off road offered to hammer them out, might take him up on it down the road. Chromer said the metal is a bit thin, and rechroming might make them kinda fragile....
B)Who knows Maybe Ehsan's Hubcaps will be ready by then
wouldn`t chrome them, polish, polish, polish...
and they are like new.B) yes, who kno.....................................................ws
Cheers
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Mark is great guy
wouldn`t chrome them, polish, polish, polish...
B) yes, who kno.....................................................ws
Cheers
yeah mark is a stand up guy for sure
another opportunity would be "chrom painting" the caps
see ( it`s a german link, but if you search google you can find it in the States too, I think)
unbelievable all is paint !!
http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/unbelievably.html
http://www.chromlack.de/lang-en/chromlack/galerie/view/4.html
http://www.chromlack.de/lang-en/chromlack.html
Cheers
Peter
see ( it`s a german link, but if you search google you can find it in the States too, I think)
unbelievable all is paint !!
http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/unbelievably.html
http://www.chromlack.de/lang-en/chromlack/galerie/view/4.html
http://www.chromlack.de/lang-en/chromlack.html
Cheers
Peter
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Been following this thread and that is one beautiful rig. I,d be afraid id scratch it.
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Thanks man
It will eventually get scratched, but i rather ave it happen using it then reassembling it
JohnnyC
Long ago TLCA# 2231
Thanks man
It will eventually get scratched, but i rather ave it happen using it then reassembling it
when i went thru my resto about 14 years ago...I had my new fenders and body all done over...looking sweet untill I hit the trails 1 week later...crunched my new fender
ohhh well they are ment to be driven right
maybe not so hard that 1st week...enjoy it for alil while 
