Re: [Amc-list] Preservation Not Restoration

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I actually got written up last week for "spending too much time with a customer"! Can you believe that BS? Our micro-manager (referring both to his brain and stature) was with 1 customer during the same period of time, yet I also answered the phone 5 times, took orders and played cashier for several others. 2 other front counter people couldn't seem to work up their giveadam enough to handle anything other than putting parts away. The manager got really p!$$ed when I pointed out my sales were higher than anyone else's, both in numbers and $$. Then I got the "It's a team effort" speech and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went to lunch.
   When I got back I got the "just think how good your sales would be if you really applied yourself" speech and I looked at him and said "I'm not paint. Spread me too thin, I show what ticks me off".


From: "Armand Eshleman" 
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Preservation Not Restoration
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." 
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Doc,
I sympathize with you, however, you may want to consider this.........
Don't blame it on the poor kid............
He's only gonna be as good as the parents that raised him, (or failed to
raise him) and he's only gonna know as much as the
idiots , er, excuse me, personnel in the Sherwin Williams store taught him.
I agree with you that the service we used to enjoy from the retail industry,
just does not exist any more in a lot of cases. I guess that's maybe why
more of us do all of our research and purchasing on line and try to stay
away from the "quick to sell you things you really don't need or are the
wrong thing" retail industry. There's a couple real good parts dealers
around here, and some real good paint stores too. The new O Reilly's Auto
Parts store has a young guy and a young gal, besides the management people,
working there who really have their act together, ( I think their parents
raised them well and the store trained them in very good too). Maybe I'm
just lucky so far.......
 
I'm not convinced that rust encapsulator is the real deal, maybe it's just
because I've only tried the early products that were made for that purpose,
and had little to no success with them. I'm still a firm believer in
removing all the rust, either by blasting, grinding, or chemicals, and then
etching and epoxy primers. I know Mark and Davis and many others have had
good luck with the products, but I just don't know what to think when you
throw in the crappy climate I live in and trying to hide or neutralize rust.
The weather goes from 25 to 30 below zero to 95 to 100 above zero, and from
very low humidity to nearly 100% humidity. Everything expands and contracts
so much and goes from bone dry to soaking wet so quick, that I just don't
know for sure what works the best to contain, stop, reverse, or eliminate
rust. I haven't heard of many restoration shops or body shops that use rust
encapsulators. Most of them remove the rust and then use etching chemicals
and primers. I'm sure there are quite a number that do, but I just have only
heard of a few.
 
Just my two cents worth............
 
Good Luck with it Doc,
 
Armand
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