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Skin-on-Frame: what kind of paint for Polyester skin?
By:Todd Olson
Date: 4/29/2011, 6:43 pm

I'm ready to paint my wife's Chuckanut and went to the store to buy paint. I thought I just needed exterior oil based paint, but all they had in Rustoleum was Enamel. What am I supposed to use? Enamel seems like it would be too brittle?

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Skin-on-Frame: what kind of paint for Polyester skin?
Todd Olson -- 4/29/2011, 6:43 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: what kind of paint for Polyeste
Dave Gentry -- 4/29/2011, 11:09 pm
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Peter B -- 5/2/2011, 9:34 pm
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TheLuckyOne -- 5/2/2011, 10:08 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/30/2011, 6:22 am
To add to Mike's point
Brian Nystrom -- 4/30/2011, 8:35 am
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b stupak -- 4/30/2011, 10:05 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/1/2011, 6:14 am
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Joy -- 5/1/2011, 8:05 am
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Jeff Horton -- 5/1/2011, 12:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/2/2011, 12:42 am