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Subject:Re: How I spent my day off...
From:B Feddish
Date:Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:08:09 -0400

The shot is really washed out. I'll take a better one and post it later
today. It's the paint.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Alistair Bell
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:05 PM
To: B Feddish
Subject: Re: How I spent my day off...

is that colour true assuan or is it the primer?

ab

On 18-Mar-11, at 1:15 PM, B Feddish wrote:

> One color and shiny.
>
> http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/paint1.html
>
> Lessons learned:
>
> Don�t drag air hose across wet paint on van.
> Put that cap thingy back on the paint gun reservoir before trying to
> paint
> van.
> Notice that compressor was too weak to power gun for more than 3  minutes
> BEFORE you keep getting a perfect passenger side and crappy driver  side..
> Bugs LOVE the smell of wait paint and highly desire landing on it.
> Harbor Freight is like the Dollar Store for tools and you can expect
> similar
> quality.
> Don't order the wrong primer in a gallon can as it costs more to  ship
> back
> then to return.
>
> Film in post production....
>
> Back outside to cleanup.
>
> Bryan