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 Post subject: T6 Spinner 3.0
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:22 pm 
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Doing my third spinner repair. This is another one piece formed spinner (made from a sheet not spun) that appears to have once flown through a hail storm. There are over 100 "dings" in it as well as some real bad chrome flaws and zits. So, before anything can be done to bring this keepsake back to life, the chrome had to be stripped. Next comes the fingers/rawhide/shot bag/dolly treatment and once belted out with 600, back to
Chrome beneath the skin.

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 Post subject: Re: T6 Spinner 3.0
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Very Cool. Thanks for sharing. I will be sending my spinner there soon.

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 Post subject: Re: T6 Spinner 3.0
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If you need me to help hook you up with the Chrome Shop, they are 1.5 hours north. Let me know, happy to help.

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 Post subject: Re: T6 Spinner 3.0
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So, now that it is nekkid from the chrome, I can really find the dings and dents, of which there are many. Now the work begins.

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