The Jalopy Journal
I'm trying to make a Ford Superior bus look like a Chevy Superior bus. During the 1950s, Superior made a line of school busses that were famously...
I found out the answer. So urethane base is air dry like lacquer which means it never cures. Clear is a chemical cure urethane which is why you...
I'm having this debate about urethane products and lacquer or enamel paints. So as we all know base coat and clear coat are acrylic urethane....
I’ve been doing research on them for awhile. I just confirmed that Binks employees built CA-Technoligies. CAT guns are the Binks M1-G that are...
This old thread the only place I could find CAT guns, very rarely mentioned. CA-Technologies is a a company offshoot of Binks high quality line...
What I have always wondered about, is it less durable because it's not 2K or just the nature of lacquer. Are single stage urethanes any more...
From my undertanding, lacquer will melt into the previous coat if you want to fix a mistake or blend, or fix a section of a scratched clear coat....
I've always wondered why they never developed a lacquer paint that utilizes hardener, or I don't believe they ever have. What I like about...
That's really great to see. You take care or lacquer, and lacquer will take care of you. Plus if you ever need more clear coat, a new coat can be...
It's been many decades now since clear coats have entered the automotive world. What is the longest lasting clear coat you have ever seen or...
Has anyone ever use those old pinstripe kits that came from the dealership before? I wonder how good the glue would be after 50 years in storage....
Good to know it won't do harm.
I have been storing a few of my large acetylene tanks in my garage. Up in New England winters it's not unusual to wake up some mornings and have...
The front fenders are removable, but the wheel wells or "inner fenders" are welded. I have to cut them out to peform patch repair.
Yeah it is a unibody. I'd have to look into unibody frame repair, and most of what I have learned before was full frame. This is the "good side",...
I'm getting a few different opinion on this. I har a car hit this '64 T-Bird on the passenger side from and warped and cracked the jack points. I...
I had someone tell me the other day, that the plastic teflon in cheap ball valves will wear out under high pressure sandblasting grit and won't...
I have heard many opinions on this. Using ATF. Pouring in some acetone thinner. Just running dry air through it and adding more oil. Somebody...
The brass fittings are class 125. Valves say 200WG, Durachoice and Nigo. I wanted to use class 125 brass pipes instead of cast iron.
Yes I am, here it is. [ATTACH]
I had someone tell me today, that my use of class 125 brass will not hold up to harsh media grit on my blaster unit. That I should use steel...
I have been working on this over the past few months, but I believe this question warrants an entirely different discussion. It was advised to me...
Copper is simply a better conductor. Now that I think about it, manufactures are probably not using solid gold in their spark plugs. Sticking with...
I've never really looked into "gold" spark plugs before. A few brands make them. My older mopar will not take platinum or iridium plugs of course,...
Yeah I think I'll go with a ball valve. Someone told me today that a gate valve would not close with material sitting in the bottom of the valve.
Here is where I got that gate valve info. It confused me some, but a few were suggesting that I use a gate valve where the sand enters. To use a...
Good to know!
Would a gate valve be anymore durable? [ATTACH]
So would a ball valve be something I could use to close shut and open without turning off the air? Something as fast as a deadman handle? I want...
I have read that if it's a problem, it usually means you have wet sand or wet air passing through. My ball valve that came with my used blaster at...
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