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No, she doesn't. She's just glad I don't attempt to cook, or bake for that matter. She's seen what that can lead to - lots of wasted "stuff". I'm too "by the book" where she's "let's see, I think this is enough" or "I can substitute this for that". She's a GOOD cook. I'm a lucky guy, in many ways!
Ok, time to toot my wife's horn ... She deserves it!
I as well Gary ... My wife is also one of them that just throws stuff together that is amazing, a little of this, a little of that. The first time someone is asked to eat with us they ask what we are having ... They don't ask the second time, they just say yes!
On the same note, different thread, I was going to up the ante on them Training charts to a Dozen (sweet, semi-sweet or dark) Chocolate Chip cookies made from scratch with real homemade butter! (and then donate them to the GarageMahal) ... I chose not to!
She does an annual Christmas charity event for children, the first time she did it she got $25 for her CC cookies, after the auction she passed a bunch out, the next year she got $150 for them, her last enchilada dinner for two raised $750! she is upping the enchilada game, she is hoping to break $1000 for it!
Yes, it is for charity so the price is not reflective of reality!
But I'm still proud as hell of her!
Horn tooting over!
Gary, Oven time is not going to speed it up that much, It does help though, as Jim eluded too in an earlier post it takes time for oxygen to permeate (if that's the right word) throughout for the cure.
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Chris beat me while I was tooting my wifes horn ...
Yep, I'm sure it is just imperfections in the casting. Just thinking about how to make the dark spots go away, and wonder if aluminum paint might not be the solution.
And, I do remember the edges. But they look pretty good now.
As for the color, that is what the original engine was painted - Ford Dark Blue.
I did some very fine detail work like that when I was painting my gauges, those desk-mount magnifying glasses with the circular fluorescent light are MARVELOUS!
Go to a hobby store and get some really fine paint brushes, do you best to cover up the imperfections.
I actually have one of those lights. It was Dad's, and is mounted over the lathe. And, Janey being the artist that she is, I have some hand-me-down brushes. So, I should be able to touch the spots up pretty easily.
I had another idea, but haven't quite worked it out in my head. I have the "Blasted Aluminum" powder. What if I mask off the area and shoot a light coat of it into the recesses. Then squeegee off the excess and bake it enough to cause it to flow. Let that cool, give it a light sanding to ensure nothing is on the surface, and clear coat that?
I think I'll lay a part that has the Blasted Aluminum on it next to the valve covers to see what it looks like - and post a pic. The upside to this approach is that powder won't outgas when heated, but new paint will. However, I do need to bake the dark blue paint more to ensure it won't outgas, and I could be baking new aluminum paint at the same time. Hmmmm...
Yup. That's why Dad had it. He had cataracts and was getting so little light in that he couldn't see. Carried a flashlight at all times. So we got him the light, and he found he could read using the added light and the magnification.
We bought him books for many years, finally graduating to large print books. But then we discovered he was no longer reading. When he finally would talk about it he explained that his memory was so bad that he couldn't carry the plot in his mind.
I had another idea, but haven't quite worked it out in my head. I have the "Blasted Aluminum" powder. What if I mask off the area and shoot a light coat of it into the recesses. Then squeegee off the excess and bake it enough to cause it to flow. Let that cool, give it a light sanding to ensure nothing is on the surface, and clear coat that?
My take is you will make more of a mess than what you have now. Are you 100% sure the tape lines will be sharp? Then you say "flow" could the "flow" get under the tape?
You know the covers are like that (and now so do we) but once on the motor sitting in the engine bay with all the other shinny stuff will you see it?
If you think so I would take silver (alum) paint and a tooth pick (real fine brush) and paint the dark spots where it should be alum color. Let it dry a few days before knocking down high spots with sand paper and PC as you wish.
Sometimes trying to fix a little thing makes it worst.
Dave ----
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) but once on the motor sitting in the engine bay with all the other shinny stuff will you see it?