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Re: Strange !!!

To: Rick Brown <mgrick@mgcars.org.uk>, mglist <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Strange !!!
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:59:50 -0500
At 09:38 PM 9/25/01 -0400, Rick Brown wrote:
>.... on the "A" .... I did remove the tail lights from the body - under 
>the plinth pads was the original Alamo Beige paint - bright and shiny - 
>the strange thing is the paint was still sticky - you can actually push 
>the paint with your finger and leave a fingerprint.
>
>Question : How can 40 year old paint still be sticky??

Spilled gasoline may get underneath the gasket, then stay wet there, and do 
that to otherwise perfectly good paint.

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
     http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg

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