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Re: Cdn. source of wrinkle paint?

To: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
Subject: Re: Cdn. source of wrinkle paint?
From: drake@direct.ca (len drake)
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 08:41:01 -0700
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Hi Jim - we pick ours up at a local automotive paint supply
house.  The procedure we use involves baking the finish in
our kitchen oven (not sure what this will do for your motor!).

Cheers,

Len Drake
Kelowna, B.C.

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>     
>     1. Can fellow Canadian listers advise a source of the correct black 
>     wrinkle (crinkle?) paint for my '60 TR3 wiper motor? 
>     2. Can anyone tell me if the rest of the wiper motor should be painted 
>     silver, or just left bare? I've wire-wheel brushed the end, which 
>     looks like cast aluminum, and it looks great as is. The other end with 
>     the gearbox doesn't look like it was ever painted, so I'm not sure 
>     what to do with it.
>     3. Can anyone advise why, as a restoration progresses, a person 
>     becomes progressively more obsessed (wait a minute, you can't be "more 
>     obsessed", can you?) with originality? This is really slowing me down!
>     
>     TIA,
>     Jim Wallace
>     '60 TR3 TS81417
>
>


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