Brad Larsen

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  • May 15, 2012 at 4:33 am #36915

    I was thinking about making sandals out of them. Maybe Bondo will buy them for cow feeders

    April 26, 2012 at 7:36 pm #36747

    Very Nice!

    April 24, 2012 at 9:33 am #36733

    I have actually bought a few things at Princess Auto in SE calgary. Seems ok so far.

    April 21, 2012 at 4:40 am #36719

    Happy Birthday old timer.

    February 28, 2012 at 8:32 pm #36039

    Sounds like you have to lay it on more even and wetter. Tell us what gun and clear you are using.

    February 25, 2012 at 7:00 am #35963

    I was thinking we should bring the keystone pipeline from Alberta down as far as the refinery in Billings montana, rather than down to the gulf, where most of it would be put on ships and exported. keep it here in the states.

    February 11, 2012 at 10:45 pm #35838

    Take that with a grain of salt. If he has a good accountant he probably showed a loss on paper. I made more than GM a few years ago. I have had techs make more than me, but they earned it. Good hard workers.

    January 18, 2012 at 6:09 am #35378

    Hey Jeremiah, I was a Collision Center Manager for a Cadillac/Buick/GMC dealership for a few years. Great cars to work on. Does your dealership have IDL training?

    January 12, 2012 at 11:09 pm #35252

    I let this thing dry for a few days and gave it a sand and recoated it with 3 more coats of clear. Let it dry a few more days and cut and rubbed it. I have been doing some extensive research on how to do this right. I just had a professional musician come over and tell me I needed copper shielding tape in all of the pockets and on the pickguard to eliminate any backfeed hum on the amp. So I got that on order. Also ordered all new pickups.They appeared to be fried from wiring them wrong. Potentiometers seem to checkout ok on my digital voltmeter.

    Still a mystery why someone threw this out. I think he probably fried it and figured it was toast. As always, any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

    January 11, 2012 at 2:38 am #35223

    :welc :agree :nothingtoad

    January 9, 2012 at 1:28 am #35190

    Ding got it.

    December 30, 2011 at 4:45 am #34972

    I do not think so. Guy I met with BASF a while back told me he restored vintage stuff, but I can not remember his name.

    December 28, 2011 at 10:16 pm #34933

    Welcome. This is a great site and seems to attract the best. Been years since I was in Moriarty or Albuquerque for that matter. Nice area.

    December 22, 2011 at 6:32 pm #34840

    I have done paint jobs using one major product line, start to finish and had them come up with an excuse not to pay when things go bad. Regardless of whether you are doing a spot or a complete, the clear needs to perform to give you the desired finish. Some cars do not require a glam clear nor does the customer want to pay for it. Some of us have a client base who will take whatever we give them and damn the costs. Others need an alternative. Go with whatever works, but don’t be afraid to experiment and try new things.

    December 22, 2011 at 3:13 am #34834

    [quote=”Craig D” post=24185]Kennelly16,

    I agree. I have painted for twenty years. I’ve used every big name on the market. I’ve used a lot of smaller names. End result in my experience is there are “cheaper clears” out there that are just as good and better than the expensive ones. Marketing of the big brands drive their cost up without the benefit of better performance. IMHO. I have made a business decision to use a “Cheaper” clear and for me it has been to my advantage. I did my own research and testing with different products and conclude that my customers are receiving the same end product at much lower cost to me , therefore giving me greater profit. I will say this again. I have had NO problems with the product I am using right now. My experience tells me that problems in the paint dept. come from wrong application not the product.[/quote]

    Craig I have experimented with a lot of these after market clears as well and have learned you can not spray them just like you do your favorite urethane. At least not always. Even the high performance urethane clears act differently from each other and take some tweeking with technique,gun setup, booth pressure, temp and what have you. before you guys out there throw your hands in the air and give up on a brand, READ the directions and then play with some different gun setups and application techniques and air pressure. There is one after market clear out there that others hate and we have sprayed dozens of show cars with it. No one believes me when I tell them the brand. All of these look great. Some after ten years and being driven often. But there are a few brands that are pure crap. I thought a hi tech Sikkens clears was terrible when I first sprayed it a lot of years ago, until a really good painter showed me how to setup my gun for that product. I had the same problem with Standox until I changed a couple of things.High price does not make a great product. The hardest thing to change is the painter. It takes a lot of training and observation to decide how many beers it takes to loosen him up and quit being a tight ass.

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