Re: [FWDLK] Mental Problems

[Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil -

Like I said, it looked *identical* in single stage and bc/cc. It wasn't
'shinier & deeper, & obvious', like you might think.  One of the reasons
that I didn't have him buff it was because I didn't want Corvette gloss on
my 58 Ply.

Ron


----- Original Message -----
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:43 PM
Subject: Mental Problems


> Thanx, Ron, but does your car (whatshis name?) LOOK like he/she has a
> clear coat? I can "clearly (ahem)" see applying a c-coat to a light-ish
> color, to produce some depth, but H's enamel paint has been
> polished-out, in the past 15 years, til the pigment's almost gone. I've
> been applying Turtle Wax's "dye-polish"  for the past couple years--not
> bad stuff, really, but you gotta use PLASTIC GLOVES, when you apply it!
>
> I'm a claims adjuster (not a chiropractor), & I look-at  clear coats,
> clinically,  of varying quality, every day--similarly,  I appreciate the
> look of real New-Old-Stock (matte-finish) , instead of "Show Quality",
> chrome-work. I also like to see well maintained 4-dr sedans, and
> stationwagons, rather than Letter cars, and high-dollar NON-driven
> "queens".
>
> You're right, tho; clear-coat DON'T look like straight-paint--it's
> shinier & deeper, & obvious, --in most instances--it's ALSO what I see
> on auction-cars, so, I guess that I just have
> "mental-problems" with the perception of clear-coatings, (and
> color-changes)  on old cars.
>
> Neil
>