On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:29:10 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Waytago! Thank you. Craig > > Craig via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > September 16, 2016 at 7:40 PM > > I recently painted a steel rod for a project I'm working on with > > several coats of black rattle-can spray paing over 3 or 4 days. A few > > days later, I found the paint hadn't really hardened, so I thought of > > heating the piece up with a hair dryer/heat gun. That didn't work too > > well and I was concerned about getting the paint too hot in the spot > > in front of the heat gun. > > > > I solved the problem by putting the piece on the dark blue dashboard > > of our '82 240D/3.0 with the front window facing south. That worked > > like a champ. It heated up the rod uniformly until it was almost too > > hot to hang onto. The paint is good and hard now. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > Craig ---------------------------------- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 285 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint and attend to the headlight switch -- and now I need to do something about the broken left rear trailing arm) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
