Recent content by harrisonm

Don't you have to use water based in CA?

Totally agree. Invisible Glass is good stuff. Here is what I do. I use glass cleaner and a good microfiber cloth to get as much dirt off as possible. Then I use a clay bar. Your glass gets just as many contaminants on it as your paint does. If any of you guys have never used a clay bar, go buy...

I have been using the same products for many years. I am used to them, and they work very well for me. That being said, I am going to try some of this CRE primer. I am helping a friend with a 56 Studebaker Power Hawk. I painted it a while back, and it is all color sanded and polished now. He has...

I have used HF wire before. It worked fine. Then I went to Tractor Supply once, and Hobart wire was about the same price. I have been buying Hobart wire there ever since.

Ha Ha. True, but the ice will be gone.

I am not a fan of patina. Never have been. I like them shiny.

Hey, @TheGreenBastard, we need to know if you are interested in an indoor or outdoor cover. There is a big difference. My car is never parked out in the weather, so I have a really nice indoor cover that protects against dust.

Yes and No. Would I ever say a patch like that has been "Done Properly?" No! But keep in mind that not everybody has a welder. Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do. So if you are in the hobby, must do everything on a budget and are doing all the work yourself then yes, a patch similar to that...

White letters. And you can always flip them around.

There is ABSOUTELY NOTHING wrong with Eddy carbs. I am on my second one, and it works flawlessly. Whoever said that knows nothing about carburetors. A few years ago, my neighbor needed someone to rebuild the carb on his 73 Caddy Eldorado. He took it to several places that supposedly worked on...

I looked up CRE primer, and all I found was CRE epoxy primer. Do they make more than epoxy primer? I was wondering if you used epoxy primer for everything.

Super cool. A 273 with a 3.91 must be fun on the highway.

I don't dislike self-etching primer; I have just never used it. I have always had really good luck with using a DTM epoxy primer on the bare metal. Then, filler work can be done directly on the epoxy primer. I guess a guy gets used to what works for him.

About 45 years ago, when I was flying all over the world in C-130s, I actually went to a Bumfuck Africa type place. It was a real **** hole. In that part of the world, a bathroom was a 3 x 3 tile square that slanted down to the center where there was a round hole. You squatted over it and took a...

This has been an excellent and informative thread. Thanks to everyone who posted. I usually use small pieces of adhesive back dry sandpaper that I can put on my fingertips and get in small places. Or for finer work, I fold over wet sandpaper for smaller areas For really weird areas, I use scotch...