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Working on a brass piece that I had to repair a cracked area with silver solder. Does anyone know if I will have any adhesion issues with epoxy over silver solder. Obviously it will be sanded and propped.

Clever title huh? :D I was contacted by Dan of Touring Car Inc. in the Charlotte NC area back in January about painting a Porsche 911 he had. It's an 83 911 SC in Quartz Grey. Fairly straight but tired paint. Drove down to Dan's Shop in Matthew's NC on Tuesday to pick it up. Dan gave me a Shop...

Got this in my email. I don't need it now so if anyone can use it, 20% off your order at 3D. Hurry cause it probably only will work for one person. NJCL-VKRK-DEPW

OT but maybe some of you will enjoy this. Short film of a Gent doing an absolutely illegal drive in early morning Paris. All of this is real and filmed in real time through the streets of Paris. I won't give away the one thing done for effect but irregardless it will have you clenching your...

Wondering how soon I can lay something on a stand without the clear imprinting? Painted some parts (hood trunk lid doors fenders) and hung them to shoot them. Six coats total but only three on the backside of the doors, undersides of hood and trunk lid. How long do I have to leave them hanging...

Hi all. I figured I'd do this write up as both Crash and I thought we needed to have something here on the forum to refer folks to when asking about blending. I'll try to outline the proper technique to prep, and how to do a basecoat blend. Single stage the same principle applies. In this write...

I got into a discussion on another forum with a guy who stated that anything more than 3 coats of clear is excessive and flowcoating, for example three coats sand, then three more makes the paint look heavy and will cause excessive chipping. He also said that anything more than three coats will...

Hadn't posted this, but can't get to sleep so I figured I'd share. On Wednesday my Mother had open heart surgery to replace the mitral valve. Thankfully the Doc's were able to repair the valve rather than replace it. They also used a less invasive procedure than splitting the chest open. Was a...

You may notice I posted a couple of threads advertising my services. I feel rather sheepish about doing this but Barry encouraged me to do so. So thank you to Barry for allowing and encouraging me to do so.

Offering consultation and tutoring services to anyone looking to paint, repair, restore their car but are unsure where and how to start. I can come to you and get you started and set up to do a successful repair on your car. From showing you proper techniques for metalwork, bodywork , and how...

Hi everyone. My name is Christian Meyer. I have a small one man Shop located in Southside Virginia approximately 3 hours from Washington DC and about an hour and a half from Raleigh North Carolina. Many of you know me here but for those that don't my name is Chris, I've been in paint and...

Since SPI discontinued Matte black, I need an alternative. I need a single stage, the job I'm doing a matte clear is not gonna work. Only interested in something that is high quality. Any recommendations?

As the title says I found a 1968 Mustang. Fastback V8 car. Had an engine fire and it was totaled. Was a pretty clean car before the fire. Only seen pictures of it, haven't been able to see it in person yet but it looks very solid. My thinking is this would make a good base for a resto-mod...

I know this is off topic but i figured many of you will have some advice for me. I'm not a hunter/outdoorsman so I don't belong to any of those forums where I could ask this. There are a lot of Coyotes around here in my area (Southside VA)now. Never use to be any here but they are here now...

Fellow Forum member MikeGee contacted me on the forum in August about painting his 74 MG Midget. I'm going to start a thread on the car, but I thought I'd share this part now. Maybe some of you will find it interesting. The front valance was really beat up. Figured this would be a good chance to...

Just wanted to get a discussion ongoing on the state of the "classic" car market today. I get daily emails from bringatrailer.com and am astounded at some of the prices that all sorts of cars are bringing. Porsches have absolutely gone through the roof. The other day a driver quality 93 Porsche...

This may be a stupid questions but here goes, on a freshly blasted steel surface why does heating up the metal, (my specific case a propane torch) cause flash rust to appear? Low humidity day, temps in the 60's. I'm using a propane torch to remove seam sealer and it is flash rusting in the...

Gents, need to restock some 3" and 4" cutoff wheels. Who makes good ones? I like the Norton ones and 3M ones but they are pricey. Any cheaper alternatives? I want ones that will last, not the ones that you can see dissolving as you are using it. Thanks.

Just would like some opinions on this if you guys don't mind. I am seriously considering leasing a working Body Shop from the current Owner. Paint booth and a low end frame machine are included. I don't know what else, I'll find out tomorrow. Price is $2500 per month. He is going to want first...

Just wondering if any of you guys suffer from back pain, and other back issues? ANd if so what are you doing about it or have done about it. I've had issues for years going back to when I was a distance runner back in high school and one year in College. Most of the time my back will go out with...