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I painted a car myself. Turned out "okay" and I wet sanded and polished it to make it nice and shiny. I ended up going through the paint in a couple of small spots and want to paint over it. The paint is single stage urethane. I don't want to make a major project out of this and ending up...

These used to belong to my dad. The only clues I have are that he used to be a machinist in the navy in WWII and before the war, he had a bit of woodworking hobby. They don't seem to be machine tools? Maybe they are for woodworking and for use with a lathe? Any idea how old they might be?

I've got a 5HP 60 gallon upright compressor. There's about 40' of copper pipe between compressor and pressure regulators. I've got two outlets with a water/oil separator and a couple more with a dessicant canister and Motorguard filter. My compressor head died last week and I replaced it with...

3m respirator & filters and "the virus"? First, I hope everyone is hanging in there as best as is possible and staying safe in these difficult times worldwide. Around here in BC, the risk of infection is currently relatively low compared to elsewhere but we are expected to stay at home and...

I had a custom performance engine for a vintage car built about about 10 years ago by a guy who ran a shop in the US and later sold the business which is now in Europe so I can't ask the original builder or shop anything. A needle bearing was installed in the end of the crankshaft for the...

Have some original "rubber" floor mats from a '58 car I'm restoring. They're all in excellent condition except for a small tear in one piece and a small-ish area in the driver's footwell. I'd like to patch these with some other leftover rubber from a parts car of the same vintage. Replacing a...

Will be painting a car in our driveway next month. The body is in primer (high-build over epoxy) and need to do a little touch up here and there where I sanded through to bare metal. I'll be using Nason 2K single stage urethane paint and an Astro Pneumatic HVLP gun with 1.3 mm nozzle. The car...

Just got a "new" 2012 GM Sierra truck. Came without a cap/canopy and we really need one. They're so flippin' expensive new these days. Found a nice Leer canopy at way too good a price to refuse. Great shape except a PO before the one we bought it from had drilled some 3/8" or so dia. holes...

Feeling a bit bummed... Can really use some help on this one. Have a body all block sanded and getting close to being ready for paint. I've used Proform seam sealer in a lot of places in the trunk, on the floors and underneath. I sprayed Proform rubberized paintable undercoating over the seam...

Am just block sanding the entire body on a '58 Fiat and getting it ready for paint for when the weather turns decent. I've done all the body work including primer. I had been thinking of getting a pro to do the final paint but am now thinking of doing the paint myself out in the driveway...

Am working on a '66 Fiat Abarth steel bodied car with lots of rust to deal with. I'm finding that the body has a lot of thinner than expected sheet metal in many places, 24 gauge (or metric equivalent). I've been using a wet rag to immediately cool the metal to keep distortion to a minimum...

Have a 5HP 60 gallon 3-cylinder single stage upright compressor. Lately I've been noticing that when I run it for extended periods non-stop like when using my media blast cabinet my garage fills up with smoke of some sort. Is this a sign that the compressor needs new piston rings or something...

Haven't used my parts washer in a while but just disassembled an engine and cleaned it all. The solvent has really been affecting my hands and a lot more on one than the other. It's sort of like a burn and hurts. I put some nicosil gloves on but it's still a problem. The solvent has been in...

We have a travel trailer with all PEX piping except for the line to the back of the toilet which is reinforced flexible vinyl tubing. On the last camping trip I discovered that the tee fitting where the flexible tubing to the hose was leaking. No idea how long that's been going on. Water...

Have been working on a 60 year old body for going on two years and have had to replace many panels and do tons of rust repair along with many modifications. All the metal work is now done and am now in the process of putting on filler where needed. I will be spraying on epoxy primer in the...

I need to run parking brake cables through trailing arms and need some kind of rubber grommet that has more "meat" between the ID and OD. Not sure what material to use, rubber or EDPM or something else. Don't even know if "grommet" is the correct term for the application. Not finding anything...

I have been working on restoring and modifying a car and want to do a rolled wire edge/lip on the fenders. The metal is 20 gauge so easy to roll. Can't seem to find much by googling to explains ways to do it. I was going to use was a bunch of vise grips to clamp the wire in place (1/8"...

On yet another wild goose chase... Looking for one only, 1/4" OD copper elbow with a tight radius bend. These seem to be an ACR fitting for 1/4" OD tubing. Looked all over town for one and no luck. Ordered one off ebay that according to the manufacturer's part no. and CAD drawing should...

I have a decent piping + filter setup for my 60 gal. upright compressor. There's about 40' of 3/4" copper, a Devilbiss filter/water separator, a Motorguard particulate filter and a 2 quart Wilkerson dryer like in the photo (bought used, these things are expensive new!) The Wilkerson dryer is...

Any reason not to use use Rustolem "Clean Metal" primer + one of their "Commercial" top coats on floor pans? The floors are a combination of new metal, old metal that I blasted clean and some spots with original paint (in good condition). I had initially thought of POR-15, but after a little...