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25T, I ordered directly from the factory and it came in a few days. They ship out of Pennsylvania and Texas (I think).......mine came from Pa. They have some little hoop you have to jump through where they only sell to accounts, so you have to set up one, but the goofy part is you don't have to be a business. I told her it was for personal use and she said that was ok, but they faxed me a simple form which I filled out and sent back, and they assign you an account number. They called me back in 5 minutes and said "Ok, you are set up, what do you want to order."

To give you some perspective on quantity, we bought two kits and each one seems to be about a quart I would guess. The filler is in about a two quart can and is about half full, and the hardner is in another can and is half that much (it is a two to one ratio). We went on line and downloaded English directions because the can and everything is in what I think is German. Nice people to deal with and very good service.

Last night we went to the shop to see if the filler had cured, and found it to almost be so, but not quite. We didn't want to take any chances trying to sand it too soon, but we did take one spot and tried sanding it and it seems to sand pretty easily. Not like the JB weld I thought it might be like, although it smells just like JB weld. We decided to give it a day or so more before we sand it again because the weather has been pretty cool lately and it wouldn't have baked as it normally would here in Florida.

What we did do was get a lot of parts ready to take to the powder coater this morning. We finished sanding stuff like his rear housing and other parts and Dan dropped them off today. He found out they also carry Tiger Drylac powder at our local coater and they consider that their high end stuff. Dan opted for that brand and also is having them clear coat the parts when done to give them more depth.

Here are a few pictures we took so that we can make sure all the parts come back when done.

Don