Finger nail enamel is actually pretty good enamel.  Chips on nails because
that's a harsh environment for paint.  Flex and lots of chances to hit
things.  The stuff from the dealer is a better product for vans but nail
paint will usually work fine.

Mike [I'm not saying about toenails except that there was this one time...]

On 10/29/04 5:24 AM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> a TUBE of nailpolish?????  You can tell who've never been around frivolous
> females on this list!  :-)
>
> Nail polish chips quite easily.  I wouldn't count on it to solve rust
> problems for long.
>
>
>
> Joy (who is occasionally known to paint her toenails...)
>
>
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> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
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> :::Date:    Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:21:46 EDT
> :::From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Can you use Fingernail Polish Over Bare Metal - westy
> :::
> :::In a message dated 10/27/04 9:29:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> :::yosemite333@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
> :::
> :::
> :::> add clear fingernail polish to bare  metal to prevent further rust.
> :::Will
> :::> fingernail polsih do the trick?
> :::>
> :::>
> :::
> :::yea but so will the appropriate color in a touchup tube from the dealer
> :::and
> :::probably costs the same as a tube of nailpolish..   but nailpolish will
> :::suffice.
> :::
> :::chris
>
>