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RE: [oletrucks] metal preservation

To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] metal preservation
From: "Mike Baggese" <passnb4u@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 8:33:16 -0800
Gene,

  You could probably use an Epoxy primer, buy a gallon or a 1/2 gallon, etc
(bring in your own contaner to save some bucks) and just brush it on...no
need to spray it.


> [Original Message]
> From: Gene Merritt <gmerritt@netins.net>
> To: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
 > Date: 1/19/02 8:06:59 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] metal preservation
>
> What is the best way to preserve my rusty ol'truck before I can start
> working on it?
> 
> I'd like to be able to blast/hammer/sand/prime a fender at a time, but I'm
> afraid that I would actually accelerate the decay if I don't actually
apply
> paint.  Would it be sufficient to use an aerosol can of primer to cover
any
> exposed metal (realizing  that I would completely re-sand and re-prime
when
> I went to paint it for real.)
> 
> Primer really isn't intended for exposure to elements...that's why we have
> paint, right?
> 
> I know aerosol cans are expensive, but so is the amount of paint I'd waste
> cleaning the gun after only painting one fender.
> 
> Any other suggestions?  What has everyone else done?
> 
> Gene Merritt
> '46 Chevy 1/2
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959


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