Cromadora wheel restoration

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Tess, bringing you into it had nothing to with really anything. I was
aware it was an extremely boring email, and so poked fun at myself. I simply
visualized an absurd situation where all of the Digesters are in a huge
classroom and bored
to death with the subject. And of course everyone is junior high age.
The latter
comment is not meant as an insult to you or anyone, just that people do
get bored when a subject is not only quite dry, but is also long and
tedious. Okay, so it did occur to me, being the only female in a sea of
boys / men, you might throw the first spit wad, or make a remark, purely
to liven things up.

I'll admit some good paint jobs can be done with spray cans, at least on wheels.
However, in most cases the more professional paint and application will last
considerably longer. My 5-stars actually looked pretty good after being
on the car for 20 years.

Obviously I'm of the old school of doing it once and doing it right.
Like spending the time to get one's new towel rack level.

Strictly a priority thing.

Okay...I apologize for using your name in vain,

Biba
Irwindale, CA USA

We need more 'tokens'. Where have you gone Kathy Jo, Kathy Jo? And Anne
O, are you still lurking?

And thank you Tim Sheridan for your kind remarks.

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Tessie McMillan wrote:

> > Have I left anything out?
>
> Why yes, Biba, you did! &:-) You forgot to apologize for shamelessly
> flipping sh*t at an innocent bystander (me). How did I get dragged into
> this thread?
>
> As far as wheels go, yeah, I can paint wheels. But I'm lousy at it. What I
> have learned is that the art of getting finely painted wheels has nothing
> to do with buying paint boxes and fancy sprayer units. If you check the
> can of spray paint by painting tester surfaces and determine that the
> paint is not pre-contaminated with dust, you can get incredibly fine
> results just using garden-variety paint cans. You have to be patient and
> work in a fairly clean area at the right temperature. So it seems to me
> you should spend more time pontificating about the actual technique...
>
> The fellow who tried to teach me (painting, not pontificating) learned by
> painting hot rods before he had his driver's license. He said you have to
> watch the surface flash as you stroke across. Spray too much and you get
> drips that need to be sanded. Spray too little and you get air. There's a
> fine area where you can see as you spray the shine is coming up and if
> you have the knack of working with that dynamic, then good for you! He
> would do a single stroke all th eway across the surface, pause 30 seconds
> (or so it seemed) and do it again. He applied several of these
> pseudo-moist coats and would then let the paint cure before sanding
> back, tack-papering the dust off, and then putting on more multiple coats.
>
> I painted my steel wheels (ask Steve Schaeffer what he thinks of them,
> because he had the guts to buy them for winter tires). Used some Schmucks
> silver paint and they turned out just fine! There was a little dust in
> there, but heck, we didn't bother to remove the tires.... I think, though,
> if someone ever waved a set of Turbinas at me and said they were planning
> on painting them, I'd just say "fine" and hand them the Prozac, cuz they'd
> need it afterwards.
>
> Tess don't pick on me McMillan
>
> > Hey, I could come back and talk some more on the subject. Who back there said,
> > "They're 'just' rims?" Tess, you should be ashamed. Your GPA just dropped major
> > bigtime and furthermore, you're grounded.
> >
> > Biba

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