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Old 02-04-13, 06:20
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Originally Posted by Jim Burrill View Post
A neighbor came by all upset that my paint was speckling his car....I spent a good hour with a wooden popsickle stick rubbing out the dots.
You've just reminded me of a similar experience Jim, when I sprayed my first car at the age of 17, a Wolseley 1500. I sprayed it outdoors in British Racing Green, and my mother's pale green Austin 1800 was parked in the driveway barely 10 metres away. A couple of weeks later my father was washing it when he suddenly noticed millions of BRG dots all over one side! It was such an even coat you couldn't see it until you got real close. He was absolutely ropable, especially when we discovered it couldn't be removed with turps after so long. In the end it had to be rubbed off with a cloth and car polish, which took me the best part of a day's hard labour!

I'm glad you raised it Jim as I'll need to be careful if it can travel 50 metres and still stick to things. My neighbour often parks his brand new 4WD in the driveway, and it's white!
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