Wisconsin 2012 BS thread
Tuned
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Luxemburg WI
Murphy lives here!
I spent all day yesterday working on the engine for my Bird. I am using the KBS Motor Coater kit. I had to degrease it. Turned to a solid rust chunk! I redid it. Rust again! Finally I got the best of it at 1:30 this morn. When I got up this today my intent was to paint it. Somehow an engine that hasn't had oil in it for 1 1/2 years found some. It had dripped from under the valve covers and down the heads.
So at 9 this morning I started over again. Finally got it treated and dried around 2:30 this afternoon. I popped open the can of paint...WRONG COLOR!!!! I thought it might be because it was still in the can so I put a coat on the oil pan so I could blast it off if it was wrong. It's wrong. It was supposed to be a Ford blue but is more of an olive drab-green-blue. No where near right. So back to the KBS site and order another can. I will have to start all over as soon as I get the paint. sounds fun no? I give up for the weekend. I'm gonna have a Coke with a little treat in it. I can't wait until this project is done. I see why people bail out when they are so close to done. This one is pushing my buttons.
So at 9 this morning I started over again. Finally got it treated and dried around 2:30 this afternoon. I popped open the can of paint...WRONG COLOR!!!! I thought it might be because it was still in the can so I put a coat on the oil pan so I could blast it off if it was wrong. It's wrong. It was supposed to be a Ford blue but is more of an olive drab-green-blue. No where near right. So back to the KBS site and order another can. I will have to start all over as soon as I get the paint. sounds fun no? I give up for the weekend. I'm gonna have a Coke with a little treat in it. I can't wait until this project is done. I see why people bail out when they are so close to done. This one is pushing my buttons.
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Hotshot
Joined: May 2005
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From: Stevens Point, WI
I spent all day yesterday working on the engine for my Bird. I am using the KBS Motor Coater kit. I had to degrease it. Turned to a solid rust chunk! I redid it. Rust again! Finally I got the best of it at 1:30 this morn. When I got up this today my intent was to paint it. Somehow an engine that hasn't had oil in it for 1 1/2 years found some. It had dripped from under the valve covers and down the heads. So at 9 this morning I started over again. Finally got it treated and dried around 2:30 this afternoon. I popped open the can of paint...WRONG COLOR!!!! I thought it might be because it was still in the can so I put a coat on the oil pan so I could blast it off if it was wrong. It's wrong. It was supposed to be a Ford blue but is more of an olive drab-green-blue. No where near right. So back to the KBS site and order another can. I will have to start all over as soon as I get the paint. sounds fun no? I give up for the weekend. I'm gonna have a Coke with a little treat in it. I can't wait until this project is done. I see why people bail out when they are so close to done. This one is pushing my buttons.
So at 9 this morning I started over again. Finally got it treated and dried around 2:30 this afternoon. I popped open the can of paint...WRONG COLOR!!!! I thought it might be because it was still in the can so I put a coat on the oil pan so I could blast it off if it was wrong. It's wrong. It was supposed to be a Ford blue but is more of an olive drab-green-blue. No where near right. So back to the KBS site and order another can. I will have to start all over as soon as I get the paint. sounds fun no? I give up for the weekend. I'm gonna have a Coke with a little treat in it. I can't wait until this project is done. I see why people bail out when they are so close to done. This one is pushing my buttons.Hey, can I bring my grille over so we can sit around sanding and painting and being disgusted with the results together? At least then we can have a cold one and talk about stuff that did go right between coats of problematic paint.
Tuned
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 455
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From: Luxemburg WI
You can sand and paint all you want too but I will be in relax mode until the next can of paint shows up. If the next one is the wrong color there will be a nastygram headed to KBS. I can tell you that!
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Stevens Point, WI
Sounds like fun! You can tear up the sandpaper sheets for me while I use them up like water.
