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Larry Jaques
 
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Default Car Body Sheetmetal-Old Leadwork Geezer Needed

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:31:06 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, JR
North quickly quoth:

Back on the Roadster Project. The series is he
http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth/acc2.html

I need to find a good, knowledgeable old fart, (or young fart), to help
with leading in the body panels(body solder). Seattle area. Help, anyone?


I used to work for a body shop (wrenching for them) and had the fine
experience of watching a real lead artiste at work several times. He'd
flux the area, melt some lead on, and heat his wooden paddle to melt
some beeswax onto it, then carefully reheat the body panel and solder
before smoothing it down with the paddle. The body file came next and
left 'er smoother than a baby's butt.

www.Eastwood.com sells a lead-free kit for $130 if you're considering
doing it yourself. 31125 for the VHS or 11166 for the kit with DVD.
It would be a good, money-making skillset to have.


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