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by Amskeptic » Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:42 pm
I am not even going to subject you to more photographs yet of the third effort to paint my asiab3 Commemorative Axially Straight Crankshaft Pulley. Rustoleum is now on my Personal Probation for paint that is not curing correctly. This pulley has become a true piece of art from so many strip/sand/wash events.
Today's paint attempt was north of Santa Fe in a turn-around off the interstate next to a gated community. Each member of the gated community who drove out through the electrically-actuated gate took occasion to perform a slow lap in the turn-around as if to warn me that grifters are not appreciated HERE. We had a Jeep Patriot, a Subaru Outback, a fabulously dusty Ford Focus, and one Ford pick-up all do their lap. Not one of the group rolled down a window or stopped to tell me anything as I sanded and stripped and push-pin-cleaned the VW logo and the "D" on the pulley.
The Wind God toyed with me as each coat was met in the middle of the spray with some wicked gust of wind, followed by a becalmed stillness as I set the can down. I'm on to this Universe. I used the wind to lay down the paint inside the pulley lip, so there.
I am not at the Caldera Campsite. I am at Bernalillo New Mexico's finest dispirited Motel 6 for a deeply welcomed shower. Tomorrow, I will do the full chassis undercoating, tire rotation, front-to-back clutch re-lubrication, carburetor needle valve replacement experiment. I hope to find the spot I loved so much a few years ago.
Colin
(wcfvw69, this camera has the perfect ergonomics for one-handed pickitupturnitonteethtoggletheviewfindershoot! The great majority of shots occur at-speed, and I am grateful for its good manners under pressure)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
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