Date:         Tue, 14 May 2002 22:55:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
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From:         Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
Comments: To: "Thomas J. LaLanne" <lalanne@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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How did you secure the new stainless cleats to the fiberglass?  I believe
the originals are installe with pop rivets, are they not?

Dave in KC
85 Westy with rusty cleats


----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas J. LaLanne <lalanne@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:37 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof


>     You probably don't want to paint it.  Mine was really oxidized, and
> my luggage carrier was stained with rust from the old cleats.  I went to
> a West Marine outlet and bought a rust-removing solution that worked
> wonders.  The rust stains left as if by magic with very little
> rubbing.   I have also replaced the cleats with a stainless steel set
> that I bought from GoWesty.  West Marine had a compound that promised to
> remove oxidation, but it was just a light polishing compound.  I
> finished my luggage rack beautifully by buffing it with polishing
> compound with an orbital buffer, and then following that with a good
> polymer glaze wax.  Complete with the new Westfalia decal I bought from
> Bus Depot, it looks like a new unit.  Next, I plan on doing the rest of
> the poptop.
> Tom LaLanne
> '86 Subie Westy