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Date:         Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:34:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: pop top heads up
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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I imagine as ideal, but haven't got any, clear mylar or polyU tape, cut to shape.

alistair

On 2013-03-04, at 7:02 PM, neil n wrote:

> I just finished painting those very spots. Brushed on some Limco. > Better than nothing! > > The idea of tape occurred to me but though it too ghetto. But then my > '81 personifies that in so many ways. ;) Thinking now, I bet if > one applied the tape carefully, it wouldn't be seen, top down. > > It was surprising, in a way, to see that there were quite a few wear > spots from the pop top and luggage rack seals. Then again, with an old > seal hanging by a thread, might this also cause some abrasion? > > Does Gorilla Tape come in Assuan Brown? > > As an aside, was heartened to see how "well" the Limco Assuan Brown > matches the unmolested paint below the roof rack. > > Stuart: we're supposed to wash these things? ;) > > Neil. > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> .... I've seen more than a couple of vans with rust spots on the metal roof from this. So have a look at yours, if you see any wear on the paint apply some sort of tape for protection. > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Or wash it once in a while with the top up! >


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