[Shotimes] Bad looking slicers

Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:39:06 -0400

You may have trouble finding it.  It may be outlawed.  I have used
PPG's equivalent for the engine block and heads and the firewall
in my truck.  It's very tough stuff.  It was a urethane enamel.  The
part that made it tough, the hardener, was banned by the EPA.  When
I went to get some more to paint the inner fenders and radiator
support, I found out that it was banned.  They had a heck of a time
matching my custom color in a different kind of paint.

Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan

shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 04/05/2004 11:22:29 AM:

> My first job out of college was as an engineer for a town.  My company
> car(s) were the hand-me-downs from the police dept.  The first car I had 
was
> a '90 Caprice (square-body style), then I had a '91 Caprice (round-body 
with
> the funny rear wheel opening), then I had a '95 Caprice with 260hp and 
dual
> exhaust.  Prior to the '95, the police decals and stripes were vinyl 
tape,
> but the chief didn't like how they looked after a few years of service, 
so
> the '95 had it's stripes painted on.  Burgundy and gold stripes along 
the
> sides of the car from nose to tail and then up over the trunk lid.  The
> paint they used was DuPont Imron - very tough stuff!!  Peterbilt anf
> Kenworth use it to paint their trucks.  I think I'm going to have my 
white
> slicers painted with the stuff when the time comes.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
> >Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:53 AM
> >To: bob6867@alltel.net
> >Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Bad looking slicers
> >
> >
> >I haven't painted the slicers, but I did have a set of race
> >wheels (off the Ninja Turtle cars) painted to match my '89
> >some years ago.
> >
> >Paint shop lightly scuffed the surface, filled chips, primed
> >and painted with a clearcoat top finish.  They looked great
> >till I put them in a trailer going to a race stacked on top
> >of each other and they shifted and rubbed the paint in a few
> >places.  Everywhere else though, many years later, they
> >still look great.
> >
> >I don't think he used any special paint.
> >
> >Don Malllinson
> >
> >bob6867@alltel.net wrote:
> >
> >> After cleaning or attempting to clean my slicers, I've noticed
> >that they are in pretty bad shape, as far and places where the
> >paint or the finish has come off, tar that won't come off and so
> >on. Has anyone painted their slicers, or have any idea on how to
> >restore them to a newer looking condition? Paint? any help or
> >ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Bob Meador
> >> Leitchfield, KY
> >> 93 ATX 3.2L
> >> very few mods
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