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Continuing on with the chair repair. Facing the .500" with the dial now at zero and it should have removed .057" in length. About a half a thou off from zero. Large end placed on the fixture for fitment. Next up was to do the same thing to the .375" diameter (small) end. These pieces...

I've been a bit absent lately dealing with some health issues over the past several months but I'm slowly trying to get caught up on personal projects so I can move on to other projects that I've promised out. One of my personal projects was a chair repair. During our spring trip to the Swell...

Car is turning our fantastic Marc.

By "flow indicator" I'm assuming you are referring to my run?:rofl: Yeah, I have a tendency to hose the clear on and occasionally put too much on the surface.:thinking: Yes, I use a 1.4 tip for the color, clear and sealer. Not sure if I mispoke, but you actually put two full coats down, not...

Last of the pictures of my son's LB7 Duramax, I promise. Rolled outside and after a full wash job to remove any/all compound splatter and ready for the road. Overall, I think it looks pretty good for a 20-year old truck with just shy of 300k miles on it and only needing...

Unmasked and doorjambs wiped with a damp cloth to remove any compound splatter. The door gaskets and window gaskets are being reinstalled. Open blend area on the driver's C-pillar. There are no tape edges visible and the window gaskets are ready to be installed. Window and door gaskets...

Here are some pictures of the final cutting and buffing and paint correction on my son's 2002 Duramax 2500HD that we've been working on. After a small amount of sanding with 2000-grit wet sandpaper and then a first coat of compounding with a white wool pad followed by a second pass with milder...

I used to feel the exact same way about mixing brands Marc. Nowadays, less nervous about it as I've been doing it for small spot jobs over the past 10+ years. My first experience was with House of Kolor bases and candy's then using PPG clear with great success. Then I experimented on a few...

Mark, I've always been a PPG fanboy when it comes to paint and clears but 2 years ago when I was sticker shocked with a quart of clear for a touch up job, I remembered reading about SPI products (Southern Polyurethane Inc) and opted to give them a call. I spoke with Barry, the owner and found...

Thank you. It's definitely also a perishable skill and I haven't done much paint & body for the past 12-15 years so it was like starting over from scratch. I appreciate the comments. Mike

I'm glad I built my shop when I did in 2017 as I think it would cost me nearly double now. It was still much more than I wanted to spend but now after being in it for 5 years I am glad I went slightly over budget for the items that I did. Buy once, cry once never meant as much as it did when...

After repainting the roof we moved on to the tops of the doors. I generally try to avoid doing open blend clears but with no breaks in the body panels and not wanting to repaint the entire truck we have no other options that to blend the color around the top edge of the windows, then clear mid...

Now this brings me current to last week. My son and I tackled the paint on his 2002 Duramax 2500HD. The clear coat started peeling a few years ago and although he had done a great job keeping the truck looking good, the fact was that we needed to repaint the roof. Well we were going to try...

So I've been MIA for the past two months due to a freakin' health issue which that has been less than pleasant. Between an ER visit, bedrest and forced to sit on the couch for days and weeks on end I am bursting to get back to my normal life. We had to cancel one of our RV trips to Monument...

A few pictures from last weekends off-road exploring. Thanks for looking.

While I was breaking in the new gears I had another issue with my fuel trims acting weird. This has been an ongoing issue and I have thought all along it was an ECM issue but then again, those rarely fail. After doing some data logging and sitting on the couch recovering and deciphering the...

I have been MIA for a couple of months now due to a health issue. During late April driving to work one morning I detected a weird noise from under the Jeep. It sounded like an exhaust tick but not a tick.:thinking: I hadn't been feeling well so it was several weeks before I could tear into...

Awesome idea and execution. Very nice.👍

We have three openings if anyone is looking for a good company to have a solid career at. We have an automation industrial mechanic position, a general industrial maintenance mechanic position and a rack repair maintenance mechanic position. Contact me via PM if interested. Thank you. Mike

I haven't forgot you James. Had a bit of a health issue over the past few weeks that's put me behind on work but I'm trying to get caught up. Thanks.