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Old 07-03-2006, 08:31 PM   #1
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Started 11-25-2005; official DONE 7-3-2006 with our 1965 Caravel

Started 11-25-2005; official DONE 7-3-2006 with our 1965 Caravel
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Old 07-03-2006, 08:37 PM   #2
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Old 07-03-2006, 08:41 PM   #3
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WOW, just WOW!
Thanks, I'm drinking a ice cold beer right know, I don't want to see any polish, rags, for the rest of the year..........
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Old 07-03-2006, 08:43 PM   #4
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that is amazing, great work!

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Old 07-03-2006, 08:45 PM   #5
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Thanks, I'm drinking a ice cold beer right know, I don't want to see any polish, rags, for the rest of the year..........
Darn, and I was going to invite you over to help with mine.....

Looks GREAT, I only hope to achieve as much with my Caravel. You gave me the push to get back to mine.
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Old 07-03-2006, 08:46 PM   #6
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Beautiful job. Seven months. Wow. How many hours do you figure it took and what method did you use. I am impressed!

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Old 07-03-2006, 09:01 PM   #7
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Beautiful job. Seven months. Wow. How many hours do you figure it took and what method did you use. I am impressed!

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I work on it every hour that I could, haven't figure the hours yet, but a wild guess would be 850 hours. I started by stripping the inside to decontaminate, very important...........
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Old 07-03-2006, 09:47 PM   #8
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Old 07-03-2006, 09:47 PM   #9
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Old 07-03-2006, 10:23 PM   #10
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was a complete overhaul. I was interested in the time and method of polishing the interior.

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Old 07-03-2006, 10:36 PM   #11
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toastie ~ What a great looking trailer. You even did a great job on the roof.
How about a peek inside?
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Old 07-03-2006, 10:37 PM   #12
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Old 07-04-2006, 04:55 AM   #13
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toastie ~ What a great looking trailer. You even did a great job on the roof.
How about a peek inside?
Thanks, here is that peek
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Old 07-04-2006, 05:03 AM   #14
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I followed http://www.perfectpolish.com/Index.htm to the tee plus......

I compouned with Nuvite "C" (2 times), than I compounded with "F7" using the Cyclo polisher with wraps, than polished 3 times with Nuvite "S"......
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Old 07-04-2006, 06:18 AM   #15
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Unbelievably nice job! Was the skin that straight when you started or did you have to smooth out some dings? It just looks great! I'm certain you'll have to fend off all the lookers the first time you take it out to camp.
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Beautiful! (its so shiny, I gotta wear shades!)

since your sig says that you're "somewhere in the North East", perhaps you'll consider bringing it up to the Alluminations rally to show it off next month!
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WOW!! That just sparkles. You did a great job and since you don't want to see rags and polish for the rest of the year, I'm giving you a personal invitation to come to sunny AZ sometime after the first of the year. The weather will be just perfect by then to do the final stages of polishing mine.

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Old 07-04-2006, 08:44 AM   #20
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