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Offline Street_Challenged73

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2009 - 07:35:18 AM »
That must have really sucked, but at least your father will be able to fix it up again for you.  I've had my R/T TT overfill several times (clogged vapor line I finally got fixed after being home for a weekend) and worried about it ruining my shine there.  Fortunately, I could usually wipe off enough of it and get it home for a wash/wash quick enough to have no ill effects for not keeping an eye on it.

Sorry it happened to you, but Happy Birthday anyways. :cheers:
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Offline 70burntorangeT/A

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2009 - 09:26:13 AM »
but tell the painter to use real paint that has hardener this time if you don't want to be fixing it again

Im not sure what exactly you mean by "Real Paint" . The car was shot with Du Pont base coat and Du Pont clear and we used hardner, my dad painted the car and has done bodywork and paint for over 20 years so i figure that the paint was done right.
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2009 - 10:04:57 AM »
Also i could probably get some money out of the gas station, but it was my fault too for not having a properly sealing cap on it, we will just fix it and go on, but i probably wont be buying gas there anytime soon.

Thats an incrediably honest and mature approach!!! These days it seems we are too quick to blame things on others even if we had a hand in it. I have been guilty of that in the past. I do believe in karma and taking responsibilty for your mistakes will benefit you in the long run. Still sucks though!!!! :2thumbs: Happy Birthday!!!
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2009 - 11:47:21 AM »
I hope the rest of the birthday went well for you! It's amazing how strong that gas can be.
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2009 - 12:55:40 PM »
sorry to see this happen,

but tell the painter to use real paint that has hardener this time if you don't want to be fixing it again

It had nothing to do with the quality of the paint job, it was caused from the gas dribbling out onto the affected area over a period of time. I had the same thing happen to me on my Harley gas tank, I filled it up and parked it in the garage overnight. I didn't know the tank had a bad seal with the cap, and the gas expanded (it was cooler than the ambient air temp when it came out of the underground tank) and dribbled out onto the lowside of the gas tank, with the same results you got. :banghead:
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2009 - 01:42:41 PM »
That bites. I hope your week goes better. And Happy Birthday.  :2thumbs:

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2009 - 01:49:44 PM »
Just last week I met a friend at a cruise that I have not seen since last year.   He had the same thing happen to his 70 V code chally.  Made a quick u turn on the way to a show.  A friend behind him saw all the fuel come spilling out.  Parked the car when he got home.  Went out two days later and all the paint was bubbled up.  His body shop said to call insurance, Hagerty.  The adjuster came out to the body shop told the shop to take the entire car down to bare metal and repaint it at a cost of 17K.  Yes this restoration shop charged 17K and Hagerty did not blink.  The car was in showroom mint condition before the spill.  Crazy money for a paint job.

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2009 - 04:43:02 PM »
Sorry about your paint problems.  Gas can definitely tarnish it.   :eek7:

My worst Birthday was the one my ex-girlfriend got married on.   (I need a smiley sticking up the middle finger here).   :lol:



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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2009 - 04:54:42 PM »
If you let gasoline sit on any paint it will bubble it like that. Aftermarket finishes are more likely to be tarnished like that though, the heating process used on the assembly line to rapidly cure paint also tends to harden it, making it somewhat more resilient to fuel spills etc. Fresh paint will bubble almost immediately, again, this has to do with how well it is cured and how hard the finish is. A softer finish will allow the paint to absorb the gasoline, which will then lift the paint. The tape line at the gas cap doesn't help either, but the nail in the coffin is letting the fuel sit on the paint. If you wipe it off quickly, no problems. Clear coats, once cured, also tend to be more resilient that just regular topcoat.

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #24 on: June 03, 2009 - 12:18:25 AM »
So here is a continuation of my bad birthday, during the week of my birthday my paint got messed up, i fried the starter, solinoid, battery, and ingition switch in my 66 ford, and to top things off i lost 2nd gear in the challenger, so im going to have to have my tranny built. however i am making some progress, the challenger is ready to paint, i dont have a pic of anything that we have done today but here are some pics of what little we got done yesterday.
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #25 on: June 03, 2009 - 03:06:02 AM »
So here is a continuation of my bad birthday, during the week of my birthday my paint got messed up, i fried the starter, solinoid, battery, and ingition switch in my 66 ford, and to top things off i lost 2nd gear in the challenger, so im going to have to have my tranny built. however i am making some progress, the challenger is ready to paint, i dont have a pic of anything that we have done today but here are some pics of what little we got done yesterday.

Holy cow! What happened to the Ford?! Too bad about 2nd gear too, you're not having much of a run of things lately are you?  :eek7:

Hopefully things look up from here!

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2009 - 07:19:17 PM »
Sorry you are having bad luck. It will turn around before you know it   :2thumbs:
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2009 - 11:46:51 PM »
Well guys things are picking up, got the chally all painted up about 2 hours ago.  My dad painted it at our house instead of his booth so there is a little bit of dirt in the clear but nothing that shouldnt buff out.
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2009 - 01:20:29 AM »
Looking good!  :thumbsup:

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2009 - 08:29:24 AM »
Ya know, this could have been a lot worse...


...you could have turned 30!!!
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