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Re: Rostyle wheel mask...

To: "S. L. Hower" <howersl@ttown.apci.com>
Subject: Re: Rostyle wheel mask...
From: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:12:10 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, S. L. Hower wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Jeremy DuBois wrote:
> 
> >     Is Rustoleum what you used to paint your wheels with?  What about
> > the silver color?  Did you put a clear coat over the color coats?
> > 
> 
>   Yes.  I bought 4 cans of the black- one for each wheel.  I sprayed
>   four light coats of black per wheel and then tossed the can.  Rustoleum
>   is thick paint and has a tendancy to gum up the nozzle after the can
>   is about half empty- no matter how much you vent the nozzle.

I've gone through a lot of the semigloss Rustoleum black because the 
gloss is just about perfect for chassis stuff.  One trick to keep the 
nozzles from clogging is to shake the can about twice as long as you want 
to-- My impression is that it must be stirred very thoroughly, or it will 
clog quickly.

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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