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		These next few pictures are of the area of the upper cowling where it meets and overlaps the outer side panel where the lead joint is going in.
		Upper cowling at side panel on the driver's side of the truck.
		Door pillar at upper cowling
		After cleaning all the metal up around the joint, the first thing that takes place is etching in the metal where the lead joint will be. To do this, I first applied the tanning butter with an acid brush. The tanning butter, brushes, paddles, 30/70 lead bars along with the files and paddle wax came in a kit I ordered from Eastwood. The kit also came with an Eastwood DVD giving instructions. This DVD was and is not worth the purchase price. My recommendations is to go with the Paint-U-Cation DVD's. The Eastwood DVD was turned off about half way into it and decided to stay with what I learned from the Paint-U-Cation set.
		After the tanning butter is brushed on it is heated up with the torch until the butter turns brown.
		Followed by removing all the tanning butter with a mixture of baking soda and water. With this mixture, the baking soda neutralizes the acids in the tanning butter.
		From there I cleaned up the metal with paint prep and then pilled on the heat block. Again from Eastwood, the beat block I am using is 'anti heat compound.' The heat block goes on pretty easy but is messy. It sticks to your hands and doesn't come off the metal with one wipe. Brand new it is wet and tacky. After it is used, such as in this case close to the flame, it dries out and when you go to remove it, it crumbles apart. The good thing is, it is reusable, simply add water and mix.

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