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Re: Painting the engine compartment

To: "Ulix Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>, "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Painting the engine compartment
From: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:41:51 -0800
Cc: "Richard D Arnold" <richard.arnold@juno.com>, <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Eastwood sells one.

Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Cc: Richard D Arnold <richard.arnold@juno.com>; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
<spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 15 December, 1998 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: Painting the engine compartment


>Frank,
>
>that sounds like a great idea.
>Where would I purchase such a device?
>
>Ulix
>
>On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Frank Clarici wrote:
>
>> Ulix
>>
>> If you have paint mixed up, spring fore one of those re-pressurizable
>> (?) spray paint thingys.
>> It is a glass jar with an air cylinder attached to it. It makes any
>> paint sprayable. Costs about $10. Fill with thinned paint, point and
>> spray.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>> >
>> > Guys,
>> > I think I have decided that spray cans are my only option right now.
But
>> > there is no available paint that even remotely matches the blue of my
car.
>> > So I think I'll have a paint store mix up teh paint and fill some spray
>> > cans for me.
>> > Thanks, Ulix
>> >
>> > On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Richard D Arnold wrote:
>> >
>> > > >Since the area is limited in size and the results do not have to be
>> > > >showroom finish, what about spray cans?
>> > >
>> > > When overhauling the engine in Miss Molly, I used garden variety
spray
>> > > paint from Kmart to repaint the nasty looking areas.  That made the
other
>> > > areas look bad by comparison, so I reshot the whole compartment using
>> > > spray cans.  Looks damn good, if I do say so myself.
>> > >
>> > > I think the paint was by Dutch Boy.
>> > >
>> > > Rich
>> > >
>> >
>> >     Ulix                                                    __/__,__
>> > ..........................................................
(_o____o_)....
>> >                                                            '67 Sprite
>>
>> --
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
>> Lots of LBCs
>> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>>
>
>    Ulix                                                    __/__,__
>.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
>                                                           '67 Sprite
>
>




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