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How To Paint Your Classic Car Like A Pro After the finish body work is done, and your primer has been sanded to 600 grit wet, you can mask your classic car, and get ready for paint, if your lucky you can rent a paint booth for a day to paint the car, if renting a paint booth is the plan, you should wait to mask your car, until you get there.

I always suggest that you rent a booth, unless you have a garage that you can clean, blow out, and hose down until it’s absolutely dust free, if there is any dust around your car, it will be in the paint in the end, where if you rent a paint booth, they are usually kept clean, all you have to do is water the floors.

Now that you ready to paint your car, no matter where you have chosen to do the work, you need to be sure that you have all of the supplies that you need, because once you start to paint, you can’t just stop and make a run to the paint supply store, below I’ll add a list of the supplies you need. Supply List

1) Paint 2) sealer 3) reducer 4) Catalyst 5) Tack Cloths, preferably designed for clear coat 6) Measuring Cups 7) Stir Sticks Measuring Stick 9) Strainers 10) Respirator in working order 11) Paint Prep Cleaner

The list above is a list of the supplies that you’ll need to paint your classic car, you cannot skimp on this list to save money, you will need every item on it, so be ready to spend some money on it, on average your supplies will cost between $600.00 and $2,000.00 depending on what you use to paint your car.

Now that we know that the car is masked, we’ll prep clean it, this will clean any contaminants off of the surface of the primer, after you have done this you can tack cloth the car, this is done to remove small dust particles from the surface of the car.

Now I will give you a few things to think about, when painting with metallic paints then you must pay allot attention to the settings on your paint gun.

Metallic paints will tend to get lighter if the pressure goes up and darker if it goes down, your fluid flow and fan on your gun will also effect this.

Now I will give you a basic mixing chart, most paints will follow this chart. Instructions

1) get your paint ready to pour.

2) make sure that your mixing cup is clean.

3) Get your strainer and sticks.

4) Put a strainer in the top of the measuring cup.

5) Now pay close attention to the level of paint in the cup. Paint Mixing Table.

Always be sure to read and follow the paint manufactures mixing guide lines.

These mixing ratios are just a basic idea of what to do, things will change with different manufactures.

Recommended Air Pressure At Gun Head.

Paint Mix Ratios.

Paint Product.25-40 PSI Mix 4:1:1

Base Coat 25-40 PSI Mix 4:1:1

Sealer 25-40 PSI Mix 4:1:1

Clear Coat 25-40 PSI Mix 2:1:1

Primer Coat When using a spray gun, you try to achieve a certain spray pattern of spray coming out of the gun, this is done by adjusting the air pressure at the tip of the spray gun, also the fan of the paint, and fluid flow of the paint, all of these factors will make, or break your paint work.

What your looking for in a perfect spray pattern is very simple, it will consist of a fan 4-6 inches wide, that has no dry spot in the middle, or heavy spot on either end of the spray fan, once you achieve this type of spray coming from the gun, your ready to go.

Remember do not test you spray pattern on the paint booth wall, or on your car, take a piece of masking paper, and hang it on the wall of the booth, and use that to test your spray gun, if you rented my booth, and sprayed on the wall of it, I would charge you to remove the paint from the wall.

You should always follow the manufactures recommended paint mixes, and spray pressure, the manufacture know more about their product then anybody else does, if you follow what they sat to the letter, your paint should look great.

The Ford diesel trucks have been a favorite of many of Americas truck owners for the last decade. The powerstroke diesel engine puts out a lot of power and has been known to get excellent fuel economy. Times have been hard lately though. The economy has been down and diesel fuel prices have been on the rise. People are trying to figure out what to do. Their diesel gets better mileage than the gas trucks, but it just doesn’t seem like enough anymore. So I’m going to tell you what people have been doing to make things more affordable.

The first choice of any powerstroke owner to increase their fuel mileage is a chip or programmer of some sort. The types available change between the different powerstroke engines available. For example the 94-03 powerstrokes have a 7.3L engine, the 03-07 powerstrokes have a 6.0L engine and the new 2008 powerstrokes have a 6.4L engine. The chips and tuners available vary depending on the engine. Most of the 7.3L engines and 6.0L engines are able to gain anywhere from one to five miles per gallon just by installing the new chip or programmer or module. The 6.4L engines aren’t so lucky. They have an new emissions control system that hampers performance and especially fuel economy. Great for the air…bad for fuel consumption and the pocket book. The 6.4L’s are only gaining about .5 to 1 MPG with a computer upgrade.

Air intakes and exhaust systems are another thing that will increase power and fuel economy. Most intakes give about 1 mile per gallon, and most exhaust systems give anywhere from 2 to 4 miles per gallon of an increase. The best thing is the power is a by product of the increased fuel efficiency. Also by upgrading the engine, intake, and exhaust you relieve engine stress and back pressure. To a conservative driver this means added engine longevity.

Financing For Semi lorries, Over The Road Trucks, Big Rig Truck, Minimum credit score 525

Locating financing for Semi trucks, over the road wagons, and big rig lorries could be a major job. Today’s economy is all over the place and typical semi truck financing has dried up at many banks and / or lending institutions.

Because of a contracting economy, many banks have excess inventories on their books that they need to put back at streetlevel. These in-house inventories are non earnings-producing, therefore putting stress on the lender to make and agreement with the shopper. These deals can be found in the price, the financing or a mix of both.

An off lease commercial vehicle and / or construction apparatus has been returned to the bank as the lease has expired. The lessee has decided to return the item in lieu of excercising the buyout option. Either way, the bank has taken these wagons and / or equipment back and must now recondition the things and either sell these things or re-lease them.

Some lenders offering repos and off semi trucks in the repo market offer these trucks with the minimal credit score of 525. This gives the start up and / or seasoned business an opportunity to start and / or expand their fleet with blemished credit. This opportunity would have never existed in the past. Other lenders offer no credit check but are reference and revenue driven to make sure they have qualified a good applicant to take over one of their over the road trucks. The semi wagon financing in this paragraph doesn’t stop here, others lenders with good credit and time in business offer no down payments and up to 60 months to reimburse. This obviously gives the over the road wagon owner operator an unique chance to acquire semi van financing.

The types of semi lorries, over the road trucks, and big rigs we are speaking for financing are :

Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack, global, Volvo

Remember the financing deals on reefer trailers, flatbed trailers, drop deck trailers and gooseneck trailers…This might include makers such as Wabash, Doonan, use, Wilson, Fontaine, Innovative, Great Dane and Vanguard

In conclusion, this is a buyers market for owner operator lorries, and trailers,. Check out all the deals in the market and ensure that you’ve got a stable income base to presume whatever debt that you may happen.