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RE: Striped hoses

To: "Peter Macholdt" <vze2846b@verizon.net>,
Subject: RE: Striped hoses
From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:39:28 -0700
        Peter:

        I have had good luck using rubber bumper paint (from the local auto 
parts store) for painting plastics, and it dries very quickly. It leaves a very 
flexible, rubber like film. Regular paint is brittle and flakes, but this stuff 
is tenacious.
        Also, Rustoleum offers a line of paints formulated to paint plastics 
and rubber. I have tried this stuff on vinyl, and it covers very well, but 
takes some time (several days) to be tack free.
        Wiping down the hoses with a solvent is an excellent idea, to remove 
grease, etc. I would suggest something more volatile than paint thinner though, 
perhaps acetone or lacquer thinner.


        Vance

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Macholdt [mailto:vze2846b@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:45 PM
To: 6pack list
Subject: Re: Striped hoses


Hi Don,

Yes, the pitch is about the same and the stripe and space are also about
1/2" on the smaller hoses. I used some old hoses that a friend loaned me as
models.

The paint that didn't dry was the yellow 1-shot. However, it did dry on some
of the hoses, just not all. Never figured out why. My guess is that they
used different types/amounts of plasticizers in the hoses.

I just remembered, before I did any painting, I wiped the hoses down with
paint thinner and allowed them to dry for several days.

Peter

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