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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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I painted my calipers, master cylinder, brake booster, and started on engine compartment,(plus painted myself pretty good with por 15 any suggestions on how to get it off).


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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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thats lookin really good!!
that engine is gonna feel just as home in there
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How to remove por15: when it';s dry you can only scrape/sand/rub it off it'll wear off eventually. I found that out a long time ago myself:



I was stained good, took a while to get it off.
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Yea I look about like that but even got some on my face, wife's gonna love it
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I hope you work at a film lab in the dark room because you're gonna look like that for some time bwahahahaha
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here honey let me touch your face
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I hope you work at a film lab in the dark room because you're gonna look like that for some time bwahahahaha




Once it dries on skin, it'll have to wear off.
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looks great. What color did you paint the brake booster? Is that black also? I am starting to work on my engine comartment also. Thanks.
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looks great. What color did you paint the brake booster? Is that black also? I am starting to work on my engine comartment also. Thanks.
Yea it's black but I painted the master cylinder silver and installed chrome cover
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