98blackbell
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Well I let my son use my truck for a couple months last year. He was a QA inspector on a job in another city. The job entailed a lot of painting. Well he got the hole truck covered in a while epoxy. Ugh.... The story goes that 2 months ago I was in Ft Lauderdale, FL. and got rear ended on Ft Lauderdale blvd. So, got the bumper replaced and straightened the left rear qtr panel.
Got the truck out of the body shop and replaced the headlights, turn signals and side markers. Posted that in another blog here. Went to local parts store and bought the Mequires Clay kit.
My first time using this and it is amazing. Lot of work but the results speaks for itself. Took myself and my son 3 hours to do the entire side of the car. Used up both clay bars and the entire spray to get it done.
Also, like most GM vehicles that are 10 years or older, the paint on the good and roof is cracked and chipping away. Mine is no different with 248,000 miles of use, sun and fun. My other son has been painting wheels and car parts with this stuff called plasti-dip. So I took some and applied 4 coats to the hood. The result is OK. I did do some preliminary sanding on the hood, took about 50% of the paint off. I think with 4 more coats it will even out and cover all the cracks. The cool thing is if I dont like it I can peel it off.
Got the truck out of the body shop and replaced the headlights, turn signals and side markers. Posted that in another blog here. Went to local parts store and bought the Mequires Clay kit.
My first time using this and it is amazing. Lot of work but the results speaks for itself. Took myself and my son 3 hours to do the entire side of the car. Used up both clay bars and the entire spray to get it done.
Also, like most GM vehicles that are 10 years or older, the paint on the good and roof is cracked and chipping away. Mine is no different with 248,000 miles of use, sun and fun. My other son has been painting wheels and car parts with this stuff called plasti-dip. So I took some and applied 4 coats to the hood. The result is OK. I did do some preliminary sanding on the hood, took about 50% of the paint off. I think with 4 more coats it will even out and cover all the cracks. The cool thing is if I dont like it I can peel it off.
