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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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RPM is going to SEMA this year !
Look for us in the Restoration Area just across from Mopar Alley. We'll let you know which booth number once the selection process is completed.
We were photographing the Valiant this week for a special project and all of the bare metal parts still look exactly the same as they did at the Mopar Nationals in 2010. Some of the parts have been treated for 18 months plus and show no signs of oxidation and corrosion.
Have a great Memorial Day !
Tom
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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I'm looking forward to trying some of this stuff on some polished aluminum. I'm hoping that I won't have to polish it as often in the future.
I wonder, how would it do on a painted surface? Would it help protect the paint from abrasion? That's a pretty impressive abbrasion test above!
Tav
Can I wax my car with it?
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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I'm looking forward to trying some of this stuff on some polished aluminum. I'm hoping that I won't have to polish it as often in the future.
I wonder, how would it do on a painted surface? Would it help protect the paint from abrasion? That's a pretty impressive abbrasion test above!
Tav
Can I wax my car with it?
MikeR
Great Question Tav - One of the guys on Project Valiant ( Steve ) has a set of aluminum wheels on his Truck. He has polished them then protected them with RPM. He's been to Florida and California with the truck in the recent months and was by the shop the other day and they still look great. He says he use to polish them all the time then they would oxidize that white film that aluminum gets but not anymore with RPM.
RPM also works good on painted suspension pieces. I'm in the process of putting together a late model builder and I have the painted K frame coated with RPM and hope to get it in the car this weekend. This part of the car always seems to be exposed to the elements so this should give it an extra measure of protection. I buffed it with a cloth to bring up the lustre a bit and it looks great.
Great Question MikeR
I'm going to let the "cat out of the bag" but we are working on multiple off shoots of RPM including a car wax. We aim to have a whole line of RPM products in the future.
Enjoy the Holiday
Tom
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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Please keep us posted on the line of new products. This is really fascinating stuff.
Tav
Hi all,
I was just reading the September issue of Mopar Muscle with a preview of the 2011 Mopar Nationals Program. Just doesn't seem like it's been a year. Here's a picture we just completed of the Valiant showing the whole underside of the car . The picture was taken a couple of weeks ago in preparation for a project we are working on. You can see what the car looks like a year after completion. All of the bare metal parts remain the same as protected with RPM a year ago.
Enjoy !
Tom 
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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Tom, don't know if this question was asked or covered (pun intended  ) but how would you prep a part to be painted once it has been "RPM'd"? MikeR
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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Wow, looks great Tom! Can't wait to hear what this project is?
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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how would you prep a part to be painted once it has been "RPM'd"?
You can't paint over it but you can apply it over paint.
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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Hello Tom, { "in preparation for a project we are working on" } This wouldn't be the 'Book' Mr. Walden was going to put together was it? I figured I bugged him enough about it. ............  Thanks, Kevin
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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I'll have it in stock shortly... fill up your shopping cart and get a tub of RPM.  Rick
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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how would you prep a part to be painted once it has been "RPM'd"?
You can't paint over it but you can apply it over paint.
But if you spilled some onto something you wanted to paint (or powdercoat, or chrome plate), how would you clean it up?
Tav
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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how would you prep a part to be painted once it has been "RPM'd"?
You can't paint over it but you can apply it over paint.
But if you spilled some onto something you wanted to paint (or powdercoat, or chrome plate), how would you clean it up?
Tav
Tav   exactly the reason I ask!
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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how would you prep a part to be painted once it has been "RPM'd"?
You can't paint over it but you can apply it over paint.
But if you spilled some onto something you wanted to paint (or powdercoat, or chrome plate), how would you clean it up?
Tav
Hi everyone
All good questions. How do you remove powder coat anyway?
This question comes up with many durable coatings. Take paint for instance. If you want to clean up spilled liquid paint you are going to approach it differently than you would removing paint that has been cured. Epoxy paint? Powder coat? Same thing.
In the case of removing RPM I would recommend lacquer thinner combined with 000 steelwool, media is also a possibility. Especially if its been through the heat process. But then again you would probably use a similar process if removing cured paint, powder coat or any durable coating from a part. Remember that RPM is designed as an alternative to painting,powder coating, oil based coatings, or others that change the appearance of bare metal. If you painted a part then decided you wanted it natural metal you would prep it before applying RPM.
thanks for all the interest.
Tom
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Re: OE Gold Valiant Pictures From The Mopar Nationals.
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07/27/11 01:57 PM
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I'll have it in stock shortly...
fill up your shopping cart and get a tub of RPM.
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Rick,
Define shortly?
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