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My daughter came up for a week of work for her company from Huntsville Alabama. Fun to see her. She went back last night only to hear from her husband that both my grandkids caught covid this week after school started. One 12 yo and one 6. Different schools, same district. Major break out in those schools this week. That really sucks. They kept them, safe at home for a year and a half, and in the course of the first week, 2/3 of his class and 1/2 of her class were out sick with this. I wish these southern politicians would take this more seriously than they are. Rant over
At first I thought, holy crap, that gun isn't spraying right. Too much spotting at first. By the third coat, it cleaned up nicely. So in all, it didn't turn out bad.
Without a clear overcoat though, that Rustoleum will fade quickly in the sun. A nice quick overcoat of clear wouldn't cost much additional and could be done in one wet coat. It would sure hold the gloss a lot longer than just the paint itself. A quart would suffice with the mix for one good wet coat and be quite cheap in comparison to Dupont/PPG etc.
My friend who makes and repairs trailers, uses Rustoleum on them, with the same base mix. He uses a gloss hardener to keep the paint bright. If you'd like I'll check and see what hardener he uses. I've seen a 10 yo trailer of his still shine like new to this day. He also uses a Sherwin Williams industrial grade paint, just like the Rustoleum. That may be where he gets the gloss hardener too.
Without a clear overcoat though, that Rustoleum will fade quickly in the sun. A nice quick overcoat of clear wouldn't cost much additional and could be done in one wet coat. It would sure hold the gloss a lot longer than just the paint itself. A quart would suffice with the mix for one good wet coat and be quite cheap in comparison to Dupont/PPG etc.
My friend who makes and repairs trailers, uses Rustoleum on them, with the same base mix. He uses a gloss hardener to keep the paint bright. If you'd like I'll check and see what hardener he uses. I've seen a 10 yo trailer of his still shine like new to this day. He also uses a Sherwin Williams industrial grade paint, just like the Rustoleum. That may be where he gets the gloss hardener too.
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hey,
If trying to cross reference spark plugs is it the: thread diameter, thread reach and Hex Size that needs to match up ?
for instance if you are trying to move from one brand to another. I noticed NGK Ruthenium's are not listed for European Cars since that specific plug is only available in the U.S.
But if you look up the measurements of the stock make of the plug, you can easily find which Ruthenium it is.
If trying to cross reference spark plugs is it the: thread diameter, thread reach and Hex Size that needs to match up ?
for instance if you are trying to move from one brand to another. I noticed NGK Ruthenium's are not listed for European Cars since that specific plug is only available in the U.S.
But if you look up the measurements of the stock make of the plug, you can easily find which Ruthenium it is.
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One of the few pics that I took was this car....
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Now that's a much safer situation you have pictured there. Although it appears not many citizens are wearing a face mask,
citizens appear compliant, appear to be obedient and are adequately spaced apart allowing sufficient social distancing.
Yall better be obedient and compliant. Authoritarianism seems to be alive and well in America as of late unless of course you want to be one of 265k people that attended lollapalooza in Chicago, that somehow wasn't a super spreader event, or Obamas birthday that resulted in a real spike in Martha's Vineyard.
Don't get me wrong this thing is serious and I've had people close to me pass but this has become endemic and will not be going away at any point. Think the flu. It surges every year and kills thousands. The delta variant is more contagious but also less severe. If it keeps evolving in this direction maybe it is relegated to a bad flu in a few years.
Best we can do is protect ourselves but I can't get on board with the gov mandating any kind of medical decisions for people.
If you can't tell I'm more libertarian than most but it is what it is.
Rant over. Yall have a good one fellas.
PS: white, keep homeschooling those kids.
Don't get me wrong this thing is serious and I've had people close to me pass but this has become endemic and will not be going away at any point. Think the flu. It surges every year and kills thousands. The delta variant is more contagious but also less severe. If it keeps evolving in this direction maybe it is relegated to a bad flu in a few years.
Best we can do is protect ourselves but I can't get on board with the gov mandating any kind of medical decisions for people.
If you can't tell I'm more libertarian than most but it is what it is.
Rant over. Yall have a good one fellas.
PS: white, keep homeschooling those kids.
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I don't want the gov't telling me I have to get vaccinated (I did on my own), but requiring masks if people refuse to do it themselves out if respect for others? I can deal with that.