[s-cars] Gentlemen, start your rollers
JC
jc at j2c3.com
Fri May 29 06:58:49 PDT 2009
I've heard of tip & roll but hadn't heard of the rustoleum trick for boats
which I know has been a relatively popular technique over last few years...
supposedly you thin the hell out of the first few coats so it's like water,
lay up anything between 5-10 coats and then buff it out.
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body/hrdp_0707_1962_ford_falcon_budget_pa
int_job/index.html
hmmm... my paint sucks, maybe I should consider it...
John J. Cunningham
jc at j2c3.com
US Mobile +1 (617) 750-5025
Main / Global +1 (978) 633-3510
China Mobile: +86 (0) 136 6080 9560
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ian Duff
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: lee at wheelman.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Gentlemen, start your rollers
>
> That's a great result of a fairly accepted way of DIY
> painting your boat. It's called "tip and roll", where you
> roll on the paint, then very lightly drag a foam brush over
> where you just rolled to eliminate the stipple from the foam
> roller. You typically tests on a pane of glass. Testing
> enables you to get the proper ratio of reducer to suit the
> conditions right then, particularly temperature and humidity,
> so the paint flows away any trace of how it was applied, but
> not so much flow that it sags.
>
> While this might not jibe with visions of a sterile spray
> booth, exceptional results can be realized, as this Corvair shows.
>
> -Ian Duff.
>
> On 28 May, 2009, at 22:22, Lee Levitt wrote:
>
> >
> > Yikes!
> >
> > http://www.autoblog.com/photos/50-paint-job/298575/
> >
> > Lee
> > _______________________________________________
> > S-CAR-List mailing list
> > http://audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
> > http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information
>
> _______________________________________________
> S-CAR-List mailing list
> http://audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
> http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of
> virus signature database 4115 (20090529) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
database 4115 (20090529) __________
The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
http://www.eset.com
More information about the S-CAR-List
mailing list