That's just God screwing with ya.

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From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 10:51 AM
Subject: I May Not Be Insane!

I'm sure most of you have heard the saying "Insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting a different result". Sometime I think I am
proof of that, because 1) I keep buying VW buses/Vanagons, fixing them up
and selling them, then doing it again. The last one I had was the the
sweetest one I could ever hope to own, and I sold it. The other thing is
that 2) I keep trying to paint these VW buses/Vanagons myself. Now 35 year
ago I painted my '72 Ghia in my mother's driveway with a $20.00 compressor
and a cheap spray gun (the ring of Saturn yellow paint was on the driveway
for years!). The results were amazing-it looked beautiful! Even when I
traded that Ghia in, the dealer couldn't believe I had done it myself. I
then painted my '67 Deluxe splittie, same equipment and again great results.
This lead me to believe I was good at painting cars. After that I bought a
"real" compressor and a pro grade gun. Ever since all I have been able to do
is what I call "50/50" paint jobs- looks good from 50 feet or at 50 mph. A
couple of weekends ago I painted the passenger side door and sliding door of
my '85 Weekender (Bronze Beige Metallic) and, well, it looked like crap.
Today I sanded it all down again and repainted it one more time. This time
it looks great. I can actually see my reflection in both doors. The silver
in the metallic is a bit uneven, but I kinda expected that, it seems very
difficult to get metallics applied evenly. So, maybe there is hope. The two
doors are a bit darker than the rest of the van, but the rest is original 26
year old paint. I'm feeling confident enough that I may just do the rest of
it! Jeff

Jeff Stewart