--- Christian Pelletier <christianpelletier@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Has anyone on the list ever successfully repainted the cabinet door seals?
> If so, what kind of paint do you use?  Also, what kind of paint to you use for the cabinets?
> Christian

My current '91 Westy came without the rear vertical and horizontal cabinets.  I was fortunate to
find 'my' (I say 'my' as I was the original! owner  back in 19981) 81 westy sitting in someone's
yard and it had not been registered in 2 years and was not in running condition.  I called my
mechanic and offered the 81 westy to him, minus a few parts that I wanted.  He said 'sure' and we
paid CDN $900 for the westy and I took the rear cabinets and a few other parts and he took the
rest.

The '81 cabinets were the fake wood-grain, and my 91 is the (nicer) two tone gray/grey.  I went to
Canadian Tire with the small cabinet door from my 91, and they computer matched the colour in
their toughest paint (what I think they call Melmine/Melmeen, or some such).  I removed the
cabinets to paint them so that I could do each flat, horizontal surface without drips/runs as I
put the paint on a bit thick.  I used a roller for this paint.  I used spray shoe paint (from your
shoe repair shop) for the trim.

Worked very well if I do say so myself.  I can send digi pics.

Be sure to clean the years of grime from the cabinets as paint does not adhere well to grime.  M

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