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Old 04-18-2008, 10:48 AM
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Default Making Granny's Glasses

Several of you ask me how I made the glasses so I just put a short Tutorial on my Blog on how I did it.
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Thanks Lynn this was a really good example on the glasses.
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Excellent Lynn, thanks for doing that! I am sure that will help many out!

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Old 04-18-2008, 08:50 PM
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Several of you ask me how I made the glasses so I just put a short Tutorial on my Blog on how I did it.
thank you for making me smarter.
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Thanks Lynn,
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Old 04-18-2008, 10:42 PM
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Thanks Lynn .. good tutorial ..

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Excellent Article Lynn! Can you tell us more about what the primer means where it says "Self-Etching"?
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Old 04-19-2008, 11:26 AM
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It has a chemical in it that etches the metal to hold it on. Believe me it's a 1000000000 percent better than the grey stuff I use to buy which never really worked.
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