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Old 03-01-2011, 07:00 PM
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Hi batman,

Thank you. I like that idea a lot. And it would mean that I would be paying someone who is in business locally. I like doing that whenever I can.

I have an old metal lawn chair from the 40's that was in my parents' yard long, long ago. I held onto it because I knew that someday I would bring it out of the basement and get it all spiffed up and use it.

But the more I looked at the job, the more I knew that i could never get it to look like I want it to look. It is one of those all-metal chairs with a shell-shaped back. There have been knock-offs of those in Target and other places, but my chair is a real one. I envision it in turquoise, a turquoise of that '57 Chevy shade.

So what I did was I took the chair to a little shop to be sandblasted. And part II of my plan is to next schlep it somewhere to be powder-coated.

So as you can tell, your idea is right up my alley. Thank you.

Boomer