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I actually like baked foods quite a bit, we've got a toaster oven that says it'll air fry but it's really just a table top convection oven.

I did do some reading and apparently ground pistachios and I've heard pork rinds make for a good breading for baking/air frying to get the crunch but still be healthy.

Keeps them cleaner being up there behind the sleeper and out of the road grime in wet weather. Least that's what I always told myself.

My favorite trick since I like driving at night was to get to the drop off when they were closed. Get up early the next morning about an hour before they opened and be outside packing away my bungies when the first person got there.

 

The very best are self taught. There should be a couple videos on YouTube with a few pointers. You can buy everything you need. Start with something small, then work your way up.

 

Thank you.

 

Bout that time, gonna get to try out my Christmas present...

 

It is a ludicrous price.
I want to get 8 done, so the trucks all match.
Here, and in Canadian dollars, I was told $18000 each, which seems crazy. $144k to get all 8 painted. I only asked 1 body shop, which is why I'm asking here, because that was more than I thought.

 

YouTube can teach you the tricks you need to know.

The better your prep the better the finished job. Bondo is easy to use. Sand it all down till it's smooth and knock the shine off everything else.

Once that's done hit the bondo areas and any bare metal with a couple coats of high build primer, this will fill in the deeper scratches of the sanding. It won't fill deep scratches though so you'd have to feather the edges of those first and again if you happen to hit bare metal hit them with some primer as well.

Sand the primer with 1000-1500, may have to wet sand depending how it acts with your sandpaper. Let it cure and dry 24 hours or better after you've primed or longer if you wet sanded.

Start your spray off the panel and make long sweeps across stopping the spray off the panel.

Light coat first, followed by a slightly wetter coat. Let it ride for about 15 to 30 minutes between coats. 3 to 4 coats should cover it. More if it's a drastic color change between old and new.

30 minutes after that you can shoot it with 4 or 5 coats of clear with a 10 minute rest in between, maybe longer depending on weather. You want it dry to the touch, as in not tacky.

After that it's wet sand starting at 1000 working up to 2000. Once you're done you'll have a uniform dull appearance across the whole thing.

Then it's time to break out the polish and a wool or foam pad on a buffer and go to town to bring the shine out.





So yeah, you can do it yourself if you take some time to learn how and ask questions and get primer, base, and clear that all play nice together and mix it at the right ratios.

 

The other factor at work here is size. Most places just don't have a paint booth big enough to spray a truck. So......less competition, equals more money.

 

Alright need opinions. I've never had a cordless grease gun before. Laying out in the weather has given me a new appreciation for such things. In the past I've always had a shop and I used a grease keg with a pneumatic pump. The problem is, I can't exactly wheel that thing around outside, so I sold it. Thinking about getting a Milwaukee m18 cordless grease gun to take place of my trusty manual pistol grip job. Anywho, anybody else use one? Are they worth the money and convenience? Or are they more hassle then they are worth?

 

How's the new KW doing?

 

We've been using the Lincoln cordless models for about 20 years, the first NiCad powered one lasted many years, upgraded to the Li-Ion powered model and it finally stripped out the gear drive just this fall after about 6 years of use. I bought the DeWalt model a month ago, so far so good. Hoping it lasts as long as the Lincolns did. There's a guy on youtube called Project Farm, look up his test videos. He's not sponsored by anyone, buys all the stuff himself to test meaning no biased test results. The Milwaukee tested a bit better than the DeWalt, but I have a bunch of 20v stuff of theirs already so I went with them. As for convenience, it's a no brainer. But you will go through more grease.