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Re: Painting Gear Shift Knob

To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Painting Gear Shift Knob
From: WmsRbt@aol.com
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:13:36 EST
All who are interested.
 
Repainted mine using an old bottle of my wife's white fingernail polish.  
(Probably same vintage as the car itself so period correct?)  Removed most  of 
the hairs from the brush first so application was light.  Looks okay to  me.
 
robert
66BJ8
 
In a message dated 12/6/2005 9:46:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
Healeyguy@aol.com writes:

Ned
All the suggestions offered so far are good ones but I have a  little trick  
for you. Get a small bottle of White Out (preferably  the black labeled 
bottle 
as  it is not water based...., I'll bet you  have one in your desk drawer 
that 
hasn't  seen the light of day since  you bought your first computer) and 
apply a 
coat to  the cleaned  shift markings, wiping gently with a cloth slightly 
moistened with   lacquer thinner to remove the excess. Might need two coats 
but 
works  very  well and holds up to sweaty palms (still driving on Dunlop SP 
bias  
ply tires)  and other hazardous waste that drivers tend to have on  their 
hands 
from time to  time.  
Aloha
Perry




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