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Slow,slow,slow


other dog

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Only got in one trip this week, was supposed to go to Negley, Ohio monday but went to Fremont instead. Had to untarp one pallet at a time in the pouring rain so it wouldn't get any wetter than it already was. Then I went to Brookfield to load and there was 4 trucks ahead of me at door 12. Got there at 3 o'clock and left at 8. Didn't really matter though. I unloaded about noon Wednesday in Roanoke and was done for the week until I went to Moneta today and loaded treated lumber for Erie, Pa. I wouldn't leave until late Sunday, or maybe Monday morning, because of the Cumberland county Christmas parade, but it's so slow i'm just gonna have to miss it this year and get on up to Erie. First one i've missed since I've had the mixer, and won a trophy every time. But times are tight, gotta go-can't eat those trophies!

And speaking of the mixer, I started it Wednesday and it looked like there was a piece of clear plastic laying on the hood. I got out to get it off and unfortunately it was not a piece of plastic but the clear-coat peeling off in big sheets. My theory is that when I waxed it I waxed through the clear coat and a little moisture seeped in, then it froze and pulled it loose from the base coat. Never had any problem 'til I waxed it, so I assume that's what happened. Looks terrible now anyway. Might try to peel the clear-coat off and wax it, if that doesn't work too good I might have to repaint the hood. Someday, that is-right now I couldn't afford a can of krylon.

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vanscottbuilders

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Tom,

It's hard to say what caused the clear to lift,

could have been almost anything.

But - I wouldn't wax the hood at all.

Try rubbing compound and follow it with a buffer and

buffing compound. But no wax.

Wax has silicones in it, and is very hard to remove from porous

paint surfaces. That makes successful re-painting almost impossible.

Rubbing compounds and most polishing compounds don't have

any siliconizing agents - so no re-paint troubles.

The best restoration and body shops don't even keep wax on the premises.

I tried the rub on some scallops yesterday - perfect!

I was putting it on turkey sandwiches too. Real good stuff.

Paul Van Scott

other dog

Posted

Tom,

It's hard to say what caused the clear to lift,

could have been almost anything.

But - I wouldn't wax the hood at all.

Try rubbing compound and follow it with a buffer and

buffing compound. But no wax.

Wax has silicones in it, and is very hard to remove from porous

paint surfaces. That makes successful re-painting almost impossible.

Rubbing compounds and most polishing compounds don't have

any siliconizing agents - so no re-paint troubles.

The best restoration and body shops don't even keep wax on the premises.

I tried the rub on some scallops yesterday - perfect!

I was putting it on turkey sandwiches too. Real good stuff.

Paul Van Scott

That's good,glad you liked it,and I appreciate the info on the paint. I'm thinking of taking the hood off and sending it to Illnois to have it buffessionally redone by a master. Gotta look into shipping charges first,but i've gotta do something with it,i'd hate for it to rust. Rob kinda got me worried about the moisture seeping into it.
vanscottbuilders

Posted

Maybe you could get that "master" to continue

his upcoming road trip down to Gladys from southern Ohio.

Or think about delivering the hood to Larry (Freightrain),

before Rob shows up to get his new tools.

Then have it shipped back by Yellow or someone like that.

other dog

Posted

Maybe you could get that "master" to continue

his upcoming road trip down to Gladys from southern Ohio.

Or think about delivering the hood to Larry (Freightrain),

before Rob shows up to get his new tools.

Then have it shipped back by Yellow or someone like that.

Hey, good thinking! I'm up and down 77 in Ohio a lot,except I usually run 21 through Massillon to bypass Akron and Canton.
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