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Re: paint for valve cover

To: HFC <froggi@cdsnet.net>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: paint for valve cover
From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:45:51 -0400
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References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906081017100.27650-100000@saul7.u.washington.edu>
Reply-to: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Herb,

Which wrinkle paint did you go with? My wife is throwing me in the briar
patch and demanding that I restore the Sprite. She saw a concours Mk3 and
_loved_ the wrinkle-finished dash.

TIA,

Jeff

At 4:14 PM -0400 6/9/99, HFC wrote:
> Ric,
>
> Directly after painting your rocker cover, bake it in the oven at about 190
> degrees for  half an hour.  Same basic principal as a baked-on auto finish.
> Hardens the finish by making it cure faster.  A couple of heat lamp will
>do the
> same thing.  Also, if you even do "wrinkle finish", this really makes for
>a more
> complete "wrinkle" pattern.
>
> WFO Herb
>

Jeff Boatright  '65 Sprite MkIII   __o_\__
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/



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