A black "living" bra on the front of the Vanagon - a good idea, IMHO,
especially if black is a good colour for your van.

Marshall Ruskin

> Marshall, there are new application processes and procedures for using
> these urea based materials that are opening up whole new areas of
> possibilities.
>
> The particular application in this case was as a truck bed line. It is
> far tougher than the polyurethanes used by Rhino Liner and others. As a
> matter of fact, in a rubbing test between textured urea and textured
> urethane as each would be in a truck bed application, the polyurethane
> truck bed liner wore away rapidly and the urea based liner was virtually
> unscarred. Tough stuff, yet flexible.
>
> At my sons shops, it sees application as a truck bed liner, roofing
> membrane, and Canoe bottom life extender.
>
> I am looking into using it on the front of my 88 GL Van to fend off the
> rocks thrown by trucks going down the highway at 70-80 mph. Thrown rocks
> have just beat the front of my van to the point it looks nearly like the
> surface of the moon. There are colorants for this material, and I am
> looking into some method of getting aliphatics added to combat color
> change over time. But in the meantime, if one is happy with a black bra
> stuck on the front of their van ....one of the snap-on or tie on
> varieties, I would think a black rubberized permanent rock bouncer
> applied to the front might be acceptable under certain circumstances.
>
> So it proceeds.......
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Marshall Ruskin wrote:
> >
> > I tried this, and I had to remove the entire coating with chemical
solvent
> > (aircraft paint remover). What a job.
> >
> > Looked great originally, until the paint started coming off of it.
> >
> > The only way I'd recommend this idea, is if you can get a colour-matched
> > type of product. Seems to me there is one manufacturer who makes a line
of
> > coloured spray-urethane.
> >
> > Marshall Ruskin
> > 84 Westy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Rodgers" <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:05 AM
> > Subject: Rubber Bras
> >
> > > I have access to a coating material that can be sprayed on as truck
bed
> > > liners. It is not polyurethane but Urea. This material is the same as
> > > what is used by auto manufacturers to produce trim components. It can
be
> > > sprayed on to 1/16th inch or more to provide rock chip protection to
the
> > > front end. I am working to see if the concept really works. Any one
> > > interested in this contact me off list.
> > >
> > > John Rodgers
> > > 88 GL Driver
>