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Date:         Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:52:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bad plastic(s)
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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I bought a bottle of lamp black at Home Depot a couple years ago for a non-vanagon related project; it was recommended as an epoxy additive to achieve blackness. IIRC, it was a quart bottle for around $12 - I still have about 31 oz.

Karl Wolz

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Don Hanson Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:26 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Bad plastic(s)

For a black plastic repair using epoxy (as outlined in another of my posts) you use the graphite additive in your epoxy mix...that makes a black blob to put the screw/bolt into...Graphite for black..Micro balloons for brown (it is a bit on the reddish shade, but close enough) White would be Cabosil added...or you can buy pigments to match other colors.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net > wrote:

> Two more bad plastic parts: > > The washer fluid reservoir (one of the three attachment ears crumbled > as I was taking mine off to test the pump) > The curtain cover back from the sliding door > > I'm inclined to go with Karl's idea that the heat makes it worse. But > I like the idea that the black plastic is better plastic. That gives > me hope, and it's a lot easier to get things to match up. > > Mark >

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