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Re: Arrgh !

To: <fot@autox.team.net>, <vintage-race@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Arrgh !
From: mdunst@smtplink.coh.org
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 15:49:51 -0700
Invest in a good "respirator mask" one that your local automotive finish paint 
store representative recommends.  Hardening agents like Isocyanates are bad bad 
bad for your respiratory system.....Even worse if you have asthma or previous 
lung disease.
Subject: Arrgh ! 
Author:  <Malaboge@aol.com> at internet
Date:    08/05/99 05:01 PM


     
     
My ole Dad use to say..."If you want it done right, do it yourself".
     
Well, I gotta say, he was right. As some of you may remember I Purchased a 
TR4A (The Duke of Oil) early this year, with visions of racing it this 
summer. Ha! Most everything on the car needed to be rebuilt and I figured I 
could do that in a fairly timely manner. The only thing I didn't feel 
comfortable with is the bodywork/paint, especially with all the new paints 
that require a spacesuit to apply safely. I dragged the car down to San 
Francisco in April to a bodyshop with a good reputation. I have visited the 
Duke on a regular basis since and now that it is August and the car is not 
even primered yet, let alone painted, I have put it back on the trailer and 
dragged it home again.
So, I will now be painting the car myself.
Does anyone have any good words about paint types or tips ? Remember that 
this is California and we can't even get any of the "good" paints here in the 
state and must use only the newer type paints which I have never used.
Can I still use a regular paint gun, or must I get a new HVLP style gun? What 
primers? Etc etc.
     
Hoping I don't kill myself with this stuff...
       Nick of Nor Cal
     


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