A L E R T !!!
Well I don't have an airbrush so I use rattle cans to spray white interiors. I had just finished my latest build and was about to spray my dullcoat when I noticed I had accidentally switched the white and dullcoat caps on the wrong rattle can. Almost ended up with a white UN tank instead. Only a few nanoseconds from disaster
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A L E R T !!!
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:20 PM UTC
Angela
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Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:26 PM UTC
Whew!
That was a close call, Shermiesrule.
Angela
That was a close call, Shermiesrule.
Angela
Major_Goose
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Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 06:03 PM UTC
hmmm reminds me stupid things i have done over the years. Always look at the can and not the cap !!!!always
19k
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Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 06:38 PM UTC
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Always look at the can and not the cap !!!!
Amen. You're not alone Alan. I've come close too.
pipesmoker
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 04:10 AM UTC
Alan,
That's not a "nanosecond" , that's an "ohno second"
LOL
Happy Holidays!
That's not a "nanosecond" , that's an "ohno second"
LOL
Happy Holidays!
shonen_red
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 04:13 AM UTC
LMAO! :-) :-) :-) Ever consider a UN Sherman? That'll be cool
SSgt1Shot
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 04:47 AM UTC
The first thing I do is pitch the caps, and look at the paint globbed up around the spray nozzel.
blaster76
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 05:20 AM UTC
Thank God I only use dull- coat out of a spray can. The only other spray can color I have is a semi-gloss black and that can is in a box under the table as I only used it once a year or so ago
warhog
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 06:40 AM UTC
Whew!!!That was a close call!!!Would have been one heck of a mess!
Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 06:45 AM UTC
So who has learnt an invaluable lesson today then? :-) :-) :-) (:-)
MrRoo
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Posted: Friday, December 24, 2004 - 06:51 AM UTC
LOL dio of a 1990's restoration shop would have been the order of the day.