Quick GMC

I didn't know you could do that, thank you

I wanted to play around with this stuff but not if it's going to be miserable. Is there something I can use to cut this stuff? I don't need a razor clean cut, but I don't want it bending and curling up.

1. I am directly related to Cecil B. DeMille. 2. I like dogs more than people

A friend of mine works out of Waldwick, NJ. He drives through that area to go to houses, and the sobering reality that hits him when he drives through destruction and ruined lives, people that are homeless and broken, to go polish marble floors for rich people, he said is really getting to him. It's hard to not say screw it, and help out. He does help out, but you gotta work to. It's hard to see people in these situations. I'll gladly take our huge earthquakes over tornadoes and hurricanes any day.

I know I'll get a lot of hate for this, but Kiss is one of the most overrated, horrible bands that ever became popular. Gene Simmons is an amazing performer and business man, but their actual songs are just filler, IMO. I put them in the same category as Niki Minaj. One helluva show, great performance with no substance.

the model years are always presented during the previous year. I think what they meant is it will be presented as the 2015 model, when it is presented next year. Probably at LA auto show or something. I know you know this, I just had to write this to make myself feel better

A friend of mine is Fire Chief in Shawnee, right outside OK City. He was missed by the tornado, but he's going to be busy for a while. This is really bad.

Beyonce is an amazing performer, but her actual music is such garbage. Justin Timberlake's spoof video of her was 10 times better than the original.

Any retard with their parent's money can go to a studio and make "music" now, that's the problem. It's the same argument for any other industry. Cheaper options are available, prices have come down on many things and more people with horrible ideas have means to do it. For every wannabe that makes crappy music, there are a million people who have horrible taste in music that buy their BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. I like good music, from any genre. I listen to the lyrics. The majority of music put out today requires no actual musical talent, other than hiring a good producer to do the mixing and clean up the sound. You can make a top selling album today if you suck at singing or playing an instrument, which are pretty much the only two things that mattered before.

competitor to the V10 in what regard, a straight line? I can put $10k into my pickup truck and make it a competitor with the v10. That fat loppy challenger won't be keeping up with a Viper any time soon where a steering wheel is needed.

take apart one of those electronic ciggarettes and see how they work

I drilled the holes out in the wheels. They have holes but they don't go all the way through. It just adds depth.

They all need a lot of prep, there is a lot of flash. I drilled out the wheels to make them look better. I haven't painted anything except the body yet, otherwise I'd post pics.

I am not really having any issues with the booth, I just thought I'd ask if there were any recommended changes. I got the new fan and I figured I'd might as well duct tape up a new box, as it costs less than $10 Just wanted to make sure it was too big or anything. Just re-did the model room and a nice clean booth would look good.

Possibly. Also, the way I have the booth set up is next to the window. I made a thin wood panel that is the same size as the window. I open the window and fill the opening with the panel. The panel has a 3.5" vent hose that goes to the fan, so the fan sucks the fumes and paint and shoots it out of the window. I think everything cost about $50. $30 fan, poster board, scrap wood, and a dryer vent hose and duct tape.

I made a paint booth a while ago. It's white poster board duct taped together into a 5 sided box, obviously open in the front. I have a 50 CFM cieling fan, the cheap $15-$20 one, The paint booth has accumulated dusted paint everywhere, which I'm realizing is an indication I am spraying my paint too dry, resulting in the issues I'm having. Anyway, I see a lot of your paint booths and they are smaller, or more shallow than I have mine. I'm wondering if the exhaust fan will perform better if I make a new box? I bought a new 80CFM fan. The box is 20x15x15 (depth is 15") I don't technically need that much space. The Should I put a filter inside the fan assembly? I bought some dirt cheap house A/C filters, I can cut to size and put under the fan vent cover.

No, I use it right over the alclad, but I am careful to only dab the tip into a corner or the creases. If you go back and try to push it around, it will ruin it, but if you dab and let it be, it should flow and be fine. TEST though, to be safe. Always test.

If this is in reference to anything I posted about adhesives, please correct me. I've learned a lot of things over the years from a lot of different people and there are bound to be discrepancies. I think if someone is posting incorrect information, it should be pointed out. I try to learn as much as I can but it doesn't help anyone if it's the wrong info. If someone is offended by being corrected, that their problem, not yours.

Thanks guys. Still have some organizing to do before I can spend any decent time at the bench. I sneaked in an hour or so a couple nights ago to make the generator for my Chevy.

I don't follow racing that much, was he having some hard times or did this come out of nowhere? Sad to hear.

correct, it is the curing and/or drying that creates the shrinkage. Theoretically, once it's dry enough to touch without it being tacky or no longer malleable, it is done shrinking. This can vary with certain products.

Yes, you're correct. You can't lump two part putties together though, because they aren't all the same. 2 part resins shrink because of the binders that are used, and when the curing starts, they pull together much more, like hugging each other, so it contracts as it cures. With hybrid epoxy resins, they don't contain styrene. They can shrink a small amount, but not much, they don't squeeze together like the polyester versions. True 2-part epoxies and urethanes won't shrink Not that any of this matters, just fill the hole and sand it down.

When using two part adhesives, you can accelerate the curing time by mixing it faster or longer, which will generate more heat and accelerate the curing. Any resin, that uses a hardener, can be accelerated with a heat gun (hair dryer is too cool) or an open flame. We use a weed burner propane torch in cold weather. resins are extremely reactive to temperature. The difference in working time can be anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour in the summer/winter. depending on the chemical. Most of the ones used for hobbies or general use are room temperature resins and are designed to be used in that mid range.

It's still a chemical process though. It does dry, because it's not wet any more, but a chemical is evaporating from it, changing the chemical properties. That's how it gets hard, instead of just drying into a brittle dust. Thin set for setting tile is another example. You add water, then the water evaporates, yet it's not just drying, it's curing. It off-gasses.

It still off-gasses. It's curing, different than drying. I may be wrong, I'm not really sure on this one to be honest