GonzoRacer wrote:
Yo, Team Slotus!
Things have been quiet around here lately... Too quiet... I have been doing some "prep work" aimed at being ready to apply vinyl wrap stripes/swirls/purty stuff to the car. That involved repainting various parts to a uniform color to put the vinyl on. Been using "matte" finish black paint, which I like better than the flat black that's all hip and trendy. A while back, before the glitter paint fiasco, we had a discussion of Krylon -vs- Rustoleum in here. I'd like to go back to that, having just used some of both. It's kind of a trade-off, in my mind, between the two.
Rustoleum goes on better, coats/covers better. The spray nozzles, however, are horrible. About a third of the content of the can winds up running over your fingers and down the can. When the paint in the can gets down to the bottom half, the spray can get uneven, especially if you are working on something that requires not holding the can vertical.
Krylon sprays nice and even, no drippy messy nozzles... But the paint seems "thinner" and is very (VERY) prone to runs, drips, etc. I just painted over the flames and re-painted the ends of the nose cone on the Slotus and spent a good couple of hours on successive days after I painted just sanding off the screw-ups and repainting that section. It's still not perfect, but I'm tired of re-doing it. Gonna call it "50-50" and quit painting. (50-50: That's "From 50 feet away going 50 mph, it'll look just fine!")
So, what y'all been doing? Oh, and Bill- Yesterday the thermometer in the car said it was 98 degrees. Bank thermometer said 99. I was thinking of retiring and movin' up north!
Peace, Love and HEAT!-
JDK
Well, you could move to the great frozen tundra of Canada, pretty much all last week was daytime highs of around 37-38. That's right around 100 American degrees. It's a dry heat though, so a bit easier to tolerate. You learn real quick not to touch anything metal when you're getting into a car that's been sitting in the sun though. We can head to the mountains to beat the heat sometimes though, last week my brother and I loaded the kids and the dog into his truck and explored an old gold mine (abandoned in the 1930's) on the way to the top of one.
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